Ahmed spent six years in immigration detention before he won a landmark legal case and…
Mark IsaacsJune 20, 2022
After four decades of war, the Afghan people yearn for peace. The Imagining Peace collection…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 20, 2020
In Australia it’s hard for newly arrived refugees to find a new job. In 2011,…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 17, 2020
This article was first published by The Spectator. Who runs the Migrant Caravan? Towards the…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 19, 2019
Freddie (24) is from Comayagua in Honduras. Freddie doesn’t blame his difficult upbringing for how…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 20, 2019
Tina lives with her 14-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son in a suburb called Ciudad España,…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 19, 2019
Antonio is a short 27-year-old, with a chin strap beard. He calls himself “gordito” which…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 18, 2019
Hector Lopez is the director of the Deported Veterans of America in Tijuana. The organisation’s…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 15, 2019
A small crowd of between 50-100 people gather at the Glorieta Cuauhtemoc in Tijuana. They…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 11, 2019
Tijuana is a border city located at Mexico’s north-western most point. On the Mexican side…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 11, 2019
The next day we begin the last leg of the journey to Tijuana. La Rumorosa…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 8, 2019
This is Juan Antonio and his six-year-old daughter Lily who has severe cerebral palsy. She…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 6, 2019
The land surrounding the border town of Mexicali is a tan-coloured desert plain. The outskirts…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 5, 2019
After a very long, tiring journey the Exodus arrived in the city of Guadalajara at…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 5, 2019
Jenni is a 19-year-old from Guatemala travelling to the US with her brother, Christian. She…
Mark IsaacsDecember 22, 2018
Mari is a single mother and has 3 children, one of whom is Javier. Javier…
Mark IsaacsDecember 22, 2018
After spending several days resting in Mexico City, the Exodus - as the migrants call…
Mark IsaacsDecember 15, 2018
After spending over a week in Tijuana, the Exodus decides to march to the border…
Mark IsaacsDecember 5, 2018
While in Mexico City I spoke to two mothers making the journey north with their…
Mark IsaacsDecember 3, 2018
When I first heard of the “migrant caravan” I thought it was a grossly inadequate…
Mark IsaacsNovember 27, 2018
It may be hard for some people to believe they have something in common with…
Mark IsaacsNovember 27, 2018
This is Herman, one of the members from the Migrant Caravan. He has faith that…
Mark IsaacsNovember 26, 2018
After spending over a week in Tijuana, the Exodus decides to march to the border…
Mark IsaacsNovember 26, 2018
Step inside a public assembly at the migrant caravan where the people host an election…
Mark IsaacsNovember 16, 2018
Mexico City welcomes the migrant caravan with open arms. There is a difference between the…
Mark IsaacsNovember 10, 2018
The migrant caravan takes the dangerous route north to Veracruz. The group of Hondurans decide…
Mark IsaacsNovember 9, 2018
The caravan moves in the early hours of the day: a seething mass of people.
Mark IsaacsNovember 9, 2018
Vincent shares his tragic life story and the reasons why he left Honduras with his…
Mark IsaacsNovember 9, 2018
While following the migrant caravan in Mexico, I joined a group of Hondurans on their…
Mark IsaacsNovember 8, 2018
In October 2018, I set out to find the migrant caravan. These are my updates…
Mark IsaacsNovember 7, 2018
This is a brief introduction to the migrant caravan which is currently travelling through Mexico.
Mark IsaacsNovember 6, 2018
Step foot inside the Manus Island Detention centre in the midst of an international humanitarian…
Mark IsaacsDecember 22, 2017
An in-depth investigation into the humanitarian disaster unfolding on Manus Island.
Mark IsaacsDecember 11, 2017
"This was not the Manus people's decision. The refugees want to go to Australia. They…
Mark IsaacsNovember 18, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsSeptember 19, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 27, 2017
A high school teachers' resource to study Nauru Burning as an English text. It is…
Mark IsaacsJuly 21, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 18, 2017
This is an excerpt from the Responsibility to Protect report published by the Edmund Rice…
Mark IsaacsJuly 13, 2017
The Responsibility to Protect report is the continuation of the Edmund Rice Centre’s determination to…
Mark IsaacsJuly 10, 2017
A statement from the Ta'ang Student Youth Union condemning the Myanmar Tatmadaw for their increasing…
Mark IsaacsJuly 3, 2017
This extract from my second book, Nauru Burning, describes the days after the 2013 riot…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 26, 2017
Hardie Grant Books has decided to launch a second edition of my book The Undesirables:…
Mark IsaacsDecember 28, 2016
In the third and final part of my Sri Lanka series, I examine why Tamils…
Mark IsaacsDecember 27, 2016
This is an excerpt from Robin de Crespigny's award-winning book, The People Smuggler: The true…
Mark IsaacsDecember 20, 2016
In 2015, six years after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, I travelled…
Mark IsaacsDecember 11, 2016
In July 2015, I visited Sri Lanka to find out why people were continuing to…
Mark IsaacsDecember 7, 2016
Ali is a Hazara man from Afghanistan trying to seek asylum in Australia. In Part…
Mark IsaacsOctober 26, 2016