Threat level raised on Nauru after asylum seeker death

Canstruct, the Nauru detention management company, has declared a “threat level 3” (probable) at the RPC 1 and RPC 3 in the aftermath of...

Iranian refugee attempts suicide after USA rejection

An Iranian refugee has attempted suicide on Nauru, only hours after she was notified that she had been rejected for resettlement in the US. Around...

Hundreds of TPV refugees to protest at Parliament House

Hundreds of Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) holders, and protection visa applicants from around Australia will converge on Canberra...

As Mantra refugee prison closes – don’t move them, free them!

Border Force officers told meetings of medevac refugees this afternoon that the government’s contract with the Mantra Hotel was ended and they would be...

Refugees petition PNG Supreme Court over delayed judgement

Refugees from Manus Island will present a petition with 368 signatures calling on the PNG Supreme Court to hand down the judgement that will...

Manus security workers strike continues

The strike by Paladin security workers on Manus Island continues into its second day. Security posts were deserted again this morning, Wednesday 27 February. Food ration...

Arbitrary refugee decisions expose Manus assessment farce

Despite various threats over the years that they would be denied protection and deported, around 60 asylum seekers on Manus Island have consistently refused...

Mentally ill Manus asylum seeker needs urgent help

Refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island have raised serious concerns about the mental health of a 28-year-old Iranian man they say has become...

Machete-wielding locals threaten to kill Manus asylum seekers

A threatening incident, just one day after the release of the Cornall report of the February 17 attack on asylum seekers, at the Manus...

ASIO gets it wrong again – minister must release all ASIO negative refugees: Coalition...

Another Tamil refugee, detained for four years as a result of an adverse ASIO security assessment has been released from detention on 3 September,...