Asylum seekers injured by baton-wielding police in brutal suppression of peaceful protest
Reports from Christmas Island indicate that at least six people were taken by ambulance out of the detention centre following the bashing of peaceful...
Immigration takes water away from Manus asylum seekers; security guards occupy Foxtrot compound
In a shocking development at the Manus Island detention centre, the only drinking water that was available for asylum seekers in Delta Compound, has...
US resettlement farce: All Iranians and Somalis rejected
All Iranians and Somali refugees on Nauru who have had appointments in the last two days with US officials have been rejected for resettlement...
PNG and Nauru refugees fly into COVID risk of US resettlement
After seven years held in offshore detention, thirteen refugees – nine from PNG, four from Nauru – have left their respective prison islands this...
Medevac refugees petition Home Affairs Minister for release
More than 60 refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac laws in 2019, and another nine who...
Ten refugees leave Nauru for resettlement after seven years
Ten refugees held on Nauru by the Australian government for over seven years left Nauru this morning (Thursday 17 March) to be resettled -...
Advocates call for detention centre visits to resume
Refugee supporters are calling for Border Force to end visiting restrictions at detention centres and hotel-prisons and immediately reinstate detention visiting.
Despite declaring detention centres...
Fears for 52 refugees being held incommunicado in Australian detention centre in Port Moresby
There are growing fears for the welfare of the 52 Manus refugees who have been held incommunicado in the Bomana detention centre for the...
Fears of attempted suicide charge following Nauru refugee arrest after attempted self-immolation
Refugee advocates are concerned that another refugee will charged with attempted suicide after Nauru police arrested a 38-year-old Iranian refugee on Tuesday afternoon.
The Iranian...
Forty-four transferred from Manus to Port Moresby, but refugee relocation is no solution
Forty-four refugees from two compounds (10 from West Haus and 34 from East Lorengau compound) on Manus Island are being transferred from Manus Island...
