Refugee advocates reject absurd detention mobile phone claims
Refugee advocates have rejected claims by Commissioner Quaedvlieg that the use of mobile phones is linked to criminal behaviour.
“The mobile phone ban is...
More protests and hunger strike in Nauru as conditions deteriorate
Another 38 asylum seekers, Iranian and Afghan, arrived in Nauru this morning (Friday 19 October) taking the number of asylum seekers, in the increasingly...
SERCO SUICIDE-WATCH FIASCO AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
A Kurdish man at Darwin detention centre, who was accepted as a refugee two months ago, supposedly under 24 hour suicide watch by Serco...
Government back down: Tamils slated for removal are screened in
In a dramatic turn around, the Federal government has agreed to screen-in 56 Tamils who were due to be removed to Sri Lanka yesterday,...
Desperate PNG refugee attempts self-immolation after years of neglect
A 46-year-old Iranian refugee doused himself, and an office, in petrol yesterday morning threatening to set himself alight.
Almost 300 more asylum seekers join PNG constitutional challenge to Manus detention
PNG lawyer, Ben Lomai, will today (Friday, 26 February) file another 287 submissions from Manus Island asylum seekers to join them to a PNG...
FOURTH VILLAWOOD HUNGER STRIKER HOSPITALISED AT VILLAWOOD
Media Release September 22, 2010
A fourth Iranian hunger striker, aged 25, was taken from Villawood to Bankstown hospital in the early hours of Wednesday...
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH REFUGEES IN WICKHAM POINT
Seven people from several Australian cities were arrested by Northern Territory police for trying to make contact with refugees inside the Wickham Point Detention...
ASIO assessments are flawed, not fair: Independent inquiry needed
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed ASIO’s re-assessment of its adverse security finding in the case of Manokalo and her six year old son....
Refugees leave for the US, as Nauru grieves
A bitter sweet moment on Nauru as 21 refugees leave Nauru for the United States today Sunday 17 June (photos attached), only two days...
