Fourteen more refugees transferred from Nauru to Australia
A group of 14 refugees and people seeking asylum left Nauru for Australia, this morning, Friday 25 September. The plane is expected to arrive in Sydney early this afternoon. It is not known where...
More threats to relocate refugees in Port Moresby into poverty
After being transferred from Manus to hotels in Port Moresby, refugees' living conditions and safety are now under threat.
Refugees presently living in the Granville Motel have been told that their living allowance of 100...
Melbourne ASIO negative refugees begin mass hunger strike
At 2.00am, Monday morning (8 April), 28 ASIO negative refugees (24 Sri Lankan, 2 Iranian 2 Rohingyans) began a hunger strike at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre. They have gathered on...
Medevac refugees hold stay-in protest over indefinite detention
Over 30 refugees, almost half of those being held at the Mantra Hotel in Melbourne, are in their sixth day of a “stay-in” protest over their continued detention and worsening conditions.
Since last Friday, the...
Asylum seekers’ protests continue on Manus Island
The daily protests by hundreds of asylum seekers on Manus Island that began on 25 January have now spread to all four compounds inside the detention centre.
Since 25 January, up to 500 asylum seekers...
$20,000 bribes offered as Border Force threatens more deportations from Manus
Australian Border Force officials have threatened to deport more Nepalese asylum seekers from Manus Island unless the asylum seekers agree to “voluntarily” return home.
The asylum seekers were told if they are forcibly deported...
Nauru asylum seeker medivacced after bashing
An Iranian asylum seeker, brutally bashed by Nauruan locals on Tuesday, was medivacced to Australia yesterday, Wednesday, 23 January.
Refugees who saw him said his condition was "very bad", with serious facial injuries....
Graphic footage of Manus shooting
Graphic footage taken during the Good Friday shooting incident has emerged from Manus Island.
Photos of bullet holes damage inside the detention centre including in accommodation areas is evidence of the dangerous situation that has...
Border Force moves against refugee protests at Kangaroo Point
Border Force has confiscated protest banners from refugees, and closed the second floor balcony of the Kangaroo Point hotel, where refugees had been holding daily “Freedom” protests. (Photo of one of the protest banners...
Another SERCO workers in Melbourne detention centre is COVID positive
People detained across all compounds of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows detention centre, MITA, were informed yesterday (Friday 1 October) that a Serco employee had tested positive for Covid.
But in defiance of normal protocols, there was no...
