Twenty-two refugees leave Nauru for the United States
The second group of refugees to leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States are leaving Nauru this afternoon, Nauru time. The 22 refugees...
Fears held for screened out Vietnamese asylum seekers
Refugee supporters are horrified at the removal of up to 23 Vietnamese asylum seekers in the early hours of Wednesday morning (23 October).
Nineteen asylum...
Hundreds on hunger strike, seven stitch lips as Christmas Island protest spreads
Around 75 asylum seekers who began their protest in solidarity with Reza Barati last Tuesday are in their sixth day of hunger strike –...
Heartless Border Force denies Fariborz’s mother’s wishes
Australian Border Force authorities on Nauru have rejected Fariborz mother’s wishes that Fariborz’s body be sent to Australia for burial.
Fariborz’s mother wrote a plea...
Nauruan refugee starts crane protest
An Iranian refugee, Reza Khestinzhad, (44 years old) has scaled the tallest crane on Nauru - on the construction site for refugee accommodation -...
Immigration threatens forced transfer on Manus asylum seeker deemed to be refugee
Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian asylum seeker, has never made an application for protection since he was forcibly transferred from Christmas Island to Manus Island...
Curtin asylum seekers petition Morrison for bridging visas
Sixty asylum seekers in Curtin detention centre have sent a letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison appealing for the...
Manus witch-hunt fails as hunger strike continues into the tenth day
Despite witch-hunts, blacklists, and the arrest of scores of asylum seekers, over 700 asylum seekers remain on hunger strike.
Transfield and the Immigration Department have...
Tamil asylum seeker facing deportation attempts suicide in Melbourne
A Tamil asylum seeker scheduled who faced deportation to Sri Lanka today (Wednesday) has attempted suicide in the early hours of this morning.
It is...
Behrouz Boochani arrested by Manus Immigration to force transfer
Behrouz Boochani, the Iranian asylum seeker who staged the tree protest yesterday in Foxtrot compound has been arrested at a meeting with Immigration and...
