Illegal immigration has divided public opinion in Australia between those who feel the government should offer more support to refugees and those who want economic migrants arriving on boats turned back. Seventeen-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sarah McCauley from Canberra reports. This April, violent riots took place in the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, in New South Wales, causing …

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Illegal immigration has divided public opinion in Australia between those who feel the government should offer more support to refugees and those who want economic migrants arriving on boats turned back. Seventeen-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sarah McCauley from Canberra reports. This April, violent riots took place in the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, in New South Wales, causing …

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State police in Australia were last week given powers to remove the veil from Muslim female crime suspects. Amanda McClintock, an 18-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, examines the roots of intolerance in the Pacific country. I walked into the lunchroom at work not too long ago to hear a few of my colleagues discussing a …

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Expected growth in Shangri-la is attracting entrepreneurs, writes Chris Fox, a Correspondent from Canada now living in Beijing, who says the results illustrate economic and ethnic divides in China. Shangri-la is getting ready for a boom.  Dreaming of the money-spending crowds that clog the alleys of nearby Lijiang and Dali, Shangri-la has been feverishly improving …

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Many Bangladeshi graduates leave the country, writes Kazi Prottoy, 20, a Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh, who argues that enticing young professionals to stay means the government must tackle some significant urban problems. It has been seen as a trend for some years now that Bangladeshi graduates almost religiously go for the prospect of leaving …

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Being an immigrant means making a sometimes difficult transition, but Harnoor Gill, 17, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Georgetown in Canada, writes that giving back to the community helped to establish a sense of belonging. My journey begins when I was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. As a young boy, I would constantly become sick due …

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Shiboni D’Souza, 23, a Correspondent from Bangalore in India, writes that refugees, throughout history, have brought a great deal to her homeland. How citizens respond to the latest influx of refugees, however, will be the true test of her country’s national character. The global refugee crisis has been a hot topic for debate on all sides …

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