Refugee advocates reject detention mobile phone ban
Refugee advocates have rejected the Australian Border Force announcement that mobile phones will be banned from detention centres.
Asylum seekers who have arrived by boat...
Manus refugees leave PNG and Australia to face COVID-19 risk in the US
Despite the threat of COVID infection, 35 refugees from Manus Island have left Port Moresby today (Thursday 21 May) to fly via South Korea...
Manus Paladin security workers strike
Paladin security workers on Manus Island have declared a strike across all three detention compounds on the island. The security posts at Hillside, West...
Passengers’ protest stops deportation of Chinese asylum seeker
Seven passengers stood up on an Air China flight to stop a Chinese asylum seeker being deported late last Friday night.
Wei Lin, a 33...
Nauru asylum seekers lodge assault complaints against guards as more photos of abuse emerge
Seven teenagers assaulted by Wilson Guards during a protest on Nauru on Wednesday night (6 April) have lodged a complaint (see here) with authorities...
Government must act to stop the Manus closure
Hundreds of Manusians have signed a petition opposing the forced relocation of the men in the Manus detention cenre and calling for the Australian...
Advocates call on Minister to bring 11 year-old refugee to Australia to save his...
Refugee advocates are calling for the Immigration Minister to act immediately to bring an 11 year old Iranian refugee to Australian for an urgent...
Remember Reza Barati – still waiting for justice close Manus Island
The first anniversary of the killing of Reza Barati will be marked by vigils, protests and other actions around the world.
GetUp is organising a...
Manus asylum seeker in Bomana starts hunger strike after delays from PNG Supreme Court
A Bangladeshi asylum seeker, Helal, 31, with a wife and three-year-old son on Manus Island, has begun a hunger strike in Bomana prison where...
Manus rejections more proof of failure of US resettlement deal
Yesterday, Tuesday 6 November, 32 people on Manus Island received answers to their applications for resettlement in the US.
Only nine of the 32...
