Nauru search rule changes makes sexual harassment official
Reports of women asylum seekers and refugees being sexually harassed while being searched on their way into RPC3, the camp accommodating families and...
Fourteen Medevac refugees begin hunger strike protest
Fourteen refugees brought from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac legislation in 2019 have begun a hunger strike in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation...
NSW Police and City of Sydney Council threatening civil liberties in the CBD
In a further crack-down on civil liberties in NSW, NSW Police have prevented a human-rights march through the Pitt St Mall on July 20.
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PNG refugee service provider sacks eleven case workers amid rort allegations
Eleven of the PNG nationals employed by JDA under contract with Australia have been officially terminated. The sackings follow the resignation of 29 case...
SCRAP THE PEOPLE SMUGGLING LAWS – INVESTIGATE THE AFP NOT REFUGEES
Predictably enough, the Four Corners people smuggling program has resulted in an outpouring of anti-refugee sentiment.
Both sides of politics have taken the opportunity to...
Turnbull can’t hide Australia’s shame – Nauru fathers arrested following kids’ protest
Nauru’s detention regime has plunged further into crisis with the announcement that Connect will not re-tender to provide refugee services on the prison island....
Tamil asylum seeker suicides in Brisbane
A 45-year-old Tamil asylum seeker has died in Brisbane after a suicide attempt at the Logan hospital last Friday (24 August).
The Tamil man received...
National refugee rallies say ‘Hands off Medevac’
While the government ramps up the rhetoric and its misinformation campaign against the Medevac legislation, thousands of people will rally across Australia on Saturday...
Concerns increase for re-detained Christmas Island Iranian hunger striker
Refugee advocates are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of an Iranian asylum seeker, Ali Sadaat, detained on Christmas Island. The 21-year-old man has...
Will Albanese visit PNG but leave refugees behind?
Refugee advocates have called on Prime Minister Albanese to use his visit to PNG to ensure that no refugees or people seeking asylum are left behind in PNG.
