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Days of torrential rain have caused severe flooding in parts of Fiji as towns lie underwater, and flood warnings remain in place across much of the country's main island of Viti Levu. After the first...

Alexandra Wake, Senior lecturer, RMIT University Disclosure Statement: Alexandra Wake is an academic who maintains a career as a freelance journalist. Her last assignment for ABC Radio Australia was...

World Vision in Solomon Islands says disaster preparedness was key in saving lives after the country was rattled by two powerful earthquakes. On Friday, a magnitude-7.8 tremor struck off Makira...

By Indonesia correspondent Samantha Hawley Key points: Number of displaced people jumps from 3,000 to 11,000, authorities say A two-week state of emergency has been declared in the Aceh province...

By Eric Tlozek and wires Key points: Earthquake triggered tsunami warnings across the pacific, but PTWC says threat has largely passed Solomon Islands police still have not heard from southern side...

By Winsome Denyer The Federal Government would consider expanding Australia's refugee intake for people fleeing war zones in Syria and Iraq, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says. In September last...

By Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek More than 700 asylum seekers and refugees sent by Australia to Papua New Guinea lodge a new claim for compensation for being illegally detained on Manus...

By political reporter Dan Conifer The Federal Government will soon move to ban refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru from ever coming to Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...

By Joy Kisselpar Seven people have died in flash flooding in a mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, local authorities reported. Heavy rains over the weekend caused floods all over the province and...

By Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek The Papua New Guinea Government has said construction will start soon on a new detention facility for asylum seekers being sent back to their country of...

Nauru's Baron Waqa tells the UN his country's remote processing centre damages the people smuggling trade, but Fiji's PM says more is needed to help displaced people. Nauru's President Baron Waqa has...

As Fiji continues to rebuild after Cyclone Winston devastated large parts of the country in February, entire villages are being relocated because of their vulnerability to natural disasters. ...

By Pacific affairs reporter Liam Fox Victims of Cyclone Winston in Fiji struggle to rebuild their lives six months after the category five storm devastated large parts of the country. Victims of...

By Joanna Menagh Three asylum seekers died after setting out on a makeshift raft from a sinking asylum seeker boat in 2013 in a desperate bid to get help, an inquest in the Perth Coroner's Court has...

Key points: Connect Settlement Agency says its program will be "very small" Five refugees were resettled from Nauru to Cambodia, but only one remains Immigration declined to say why the new agency is...

By political reporter Anna Henderson and staff The leak of a huge archive of files detailing allegations of abuse on Nauru shows the Federal Government has failed to address concerns about the...

An asylum seeker who has spent three years in detention on Manus Island claims he has been assaulted up to a dozen times by security guards. About 900 men are housed at the Manus Island detention...

By Lauren Beldi Carteret climate refugees seek home A grassroots group in Bougainville is scrambling to relocate the Carteret Islanders before rising sea levels swallow their land forever. At only...

by Matt Watson The Federal Government has doubled its financial offer to convince asylum seekers on Manus Island to return home, Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said. Mr Rintoul said...

Fiji has one of the highest levels of domestic violence in the world, and Cyclone Winston has cast a further pall over the situation. The founder and coordinator of FemLinkPacific, Sharon...