Australia moved to toughen its refugee stance on Tuesday, so those convicted of crimes while in immigration detention could be shipped home.
A ferry rescued almost 1 000 people from Misrata on Monday and Britain said it plans to pick up 5 000 more.
Around 150 African refugees fleeing Libya were feared dead after their boat capsized in stormy weather in the middle of the Mediterranean.
Civilians sheltering in Liberia say fighters are attacking villages with orders to "to kill everyone and anyone".
The National Council of Provinces on Tuesday endorsed the Refugees Amendment Bill, which was passed in the National Assembly on March 15.
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/ 26 January 2011
Suggestion revealed in Palestine papers clashes with refugees’ fundamental right to go home, say Palestinian groups.
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/ 8 December 2010
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has accused Kenya of endangering the lives of thousands of Somali refugees who are being deported.
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/ 30 September 2010
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly) encourages interested individuals and
organisations to submit written comments on above
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/ 10 September 2010
Somalis fleeing an offensive by Islamists in their capital described hellish scenes of putrefying corpses and graves hastily dug in gardens.
Somali asylum-seekers fleeing their country are routinely raped and beaten by Kenyan police when crossing the border, a report says.