Shooting breaks out on Manus – Refugees fear for their lives
There are reports that shooting has broken out between the PNG police and locals on the navy base after locals began attacking the detention...
More refugee suicide attempts in PNG
There have been two more cases, one of attempted suicide and one of serious self-harm, involving refugees in Port Moresby overnight.
In the early hours...
Manus crisis reaching breaking point as mental distress worsens
Conditions are reaching breaking point on Manus Island. This morning, Monday 24 June, two incidents of self-harm within hours have set the scene for...
Eighteen Manus refugees go to the US, but no Iranians
The failure of the US resettlement deal was again on display this morning (Tuesday 29 May) as 18 refugees from Manus Island left Port...
Teenagers injured by guards in Nauru protest
Around 7.30pm Wednesday night, eight teenagers and their families were summoned to receive a letter from Australian Border Force in reply to their protest...
Protest sweeps Manus Island – mass hunger strike protest; no running water
Hundreds of asylum seekers in Mike Compound are on hunger strike and refusing to return to their compounds as a wave of protest sweeps...
Teachers demand an end to all the secrecy provisions of the Border Force Act
Teachers for Refugees today welcomed the government's amendments of 30 September to the Border Force Act which exempt "Health Professionals" from its notorious "secrecy...
Another refugee hospitalised after ambulance called to MITA
Another Medevac refugee has been taken to hospital this afternoon, after an ambulance attended at MITA detention centre around 4.00pm, Thursday 24 June.
This leaves...
Labor’s attack on air arrivals feeds government anti-refugee policies
The Refugee Action Coalition has called on the Labor party to end its campaign against asylum seekers arriving by air.
The contradiction between the Liberals’...
Urgent: Vigilantes attack Nauruan refugees – one man blinded
On Sunday night a letter headed "A Message to Refugees Resettled In Nauru", threatening the safety of refugees living on Nauru was secretly distributed...
