VILLAWOOD CHAOS CONTINUES–Refugee Groups Urge Immigration Department to Act Urgently to Avert Tragedy
Media Release September 21, 2010
Refugee groups are urging the Immigration department to act urgently to avert another tragedy at Villawood detention centre. Negotiations inside...
Drop the ‘riot’ charges against Xmas Island asylum seekers
Media release March 11
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for the government to drop the charges against the 2 Afghan and 9 Tamil asylum...
Protests inside Villawood detention centre tonight
Tom Morgan and Vincent Morello, AAP
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/chaos-as-villawood-detainees-protest-20101117-17xeh.html
Detainees started fires, others refused food and five people launched roof protests amid chaotic scenes at Sydney's...
Free Reza from jail on Nauru: contact Nauruan Consulate-General
Update: Reza was released from prison without charge on 2 December: thanks to everyone who contacted the Nauruan consulate
Reza Khestinzhad, the Iranian asylum seeker...
Asylum seekers on Manus Island begin protests
Hundreds of asylum seekers on Manus Island have been holding daily peaceful protests since 25 January.
Each day, up to 500 protesters in Oscar compound...
Seventeen Manus refugees leave PNG to be resettled in the US
Seventeen refugees, held on Manus Island for almost five years, flew from Port Moresby today, Tuesday 25 September, to be resettled in the US.
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Reza Barati – still waiting for justice; Cornall report is flawed
The release of the Cornall report into the events on Manus Island has confirmed what the asylum seekers said all along – that they...
Another protester joins Villawood roof-top protest
A second detainee has joined the roof-top protest at the Villawood Detention Centre (photo attached).
The protest which began before 9.00am this morning (Monday 23...
Immigration negligence puts Nauru mother and baby at risk
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling for the heavily pregnant, 34 year-old, Kurdish asylum seeker, Hatami (see photo), to be urgently brought to Australia...
Immigration panic as Manus court challenge looms
Meetings in the Manus Island detention centre compounds this morning (Tuesday 29 March) have outlined a series of moves by Australian and PNG Immigration...
