Nauruan police harass camp protest as protests continue
Protests that began on Nauru almost a month ago (26 September), following Scott Morrison’s announcement regarding temporary protection visas and the Cambodia deal...
Twenty three refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-three refugees flew from Nauru to the US today, Sunday 22 July.
The group includes two Rohingyan families, one couple with their three...
Exposed: Nauru asylum seekers brought to Australia to be deported
Five Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent a year on Nauru and were brought from Nauru to Curtin detention centre two months ago have...
Tamil Christmas Island protest wins visas refugee advocates call for UNHCR refugees to be...
Media Release January 8, 2010
Late Thursday afternoon (7 January), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship announced that 16 Sri Lankans and 5 Afghan asylum...
Nauru asylum protests continue as self-harm casualties increase
Reports from the Nauru Detention Centre reveal the centre again is spiralling into crisis. The nightly protests of up to 150 asylum seekers, including...
Fourteen refugees fly from Nauru to US today
Fourteen more refugees, mostly single men – Rohingyan, Afghans, and Pakistanis – left Nauru this afternoon, Sunday 29 July, to be resettled in the...
Moving message as Manus reprisal raids continue
Wilson security guards have again carried out reprisal raids on asylum seekers in Mike and Oscar compounds this (Friday, 30 Jan) morning.
Increasingly Manus resembles...
OPEN LETTER CALLS FOR SCRAPPING THE EAST TIMOR REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE
Media release, February 2 2011
Refugee groups have called on the Gillard Labor government to scrap its proposal to build a Regional Processing Centre in...
Refugee groups condemn reopening Baxter and Curtin detention centre–the worst of the worst
Media Release, April 18 2010
Refugee groups today condemned the Immigration Minster’s decision to re-open Curtin detention centre to house detainees whose visa applications have...
Nauru cancels refugee day
The Nauru government has cancelled its World Refugee Day event scheduled for Wednesday, 20 June.
The cancellation is not surprising; there is little sign of...
