German Interior Ministry Accused of Treating Refugees Like 'Contagious Disease'

The German Ministry of the Interior is planning to send migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea back to Africa. The officials believe that the measure will have "an effect of deterrence" as refugees will understand that the European coast cannot be reached, German newspaper Die Welt reported.

EU Ethos: Germany mulls migrant camps in Africa

The German Interior Ministry wants to stop migrants from ever reaching Europe's Mediterranean coast by picking them up at sea and returning them to Africa, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday.

Australia rejects claims Nauru asylum-seeker camp is 'torture'

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has rejected Amnesty International's claims that Australia's detention of asylum-seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru amounts to torture as "absolutely false".

Australia to close Manus Island asylum centre

Australia has agreed to close a controversial asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG).