Five families face transfer to toxic Christmas Island
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling on the Immigration Minister to immediately halt the imminent transfer of five families from Inverbrackie to Christmas Island.
Five...
Pregnant refugee attempts suicide on Nauru – one more reason to close Nauru
An eight months pregnant Somali refugee attempted suicide by drowning last night (Wednesday night, 11 February) on Nauru.
The Somali refugee who lives with her...
GOVERNMENT MOVES TO FORCE DEPORTATIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
Refugee advocates have condemned government moves to deport a 27 year-old Hazara Afghan asylum seeker, Ismail Mirza Jan, from Villawood to Kabul, Afghanistan.
Ismail received...
ALL CHRISTMAS ISLAND DISASTER SURVIVORS MUST BE RELEASED
Refugee groups have welcomed the announcement that the government plans to release Seena, the nine year-old orphaned Iranian boy (and the family that is...
Sydney refugee rally says no to PNG deal and off-shore processing
For the third time in three weeks since Kevin Rudd announced the deal with the PNG government on 19 July to expel all asylum...
Advocates reject Morrison’s TPV blackmail
Refugee advocates have rejected Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s latest push to introduce Temporary Protection Visas.
“The Minister is holding asylum seeker children hostage to the...
Abyan needs help not harassment
The aggressive attempts by the Nauruan police to interview Abyan reveal their complete lack of concern for the privacy and welfare of a sexual...
Electricity cut on Manus as Dutton extends the siege
All electricity generators have been removed from all compounds at the Manus detention centre this morning (Wednesday, 1 November) as Dutton extends the brutal...
DARWIN LONG TERM DETAINEES CONTINUE ROOF-TOP PROTEST
Four long-term Iranian asylum seekers are maintaining their roof top protest at Darwin’s most notorious detention centre, the Northern Immigration Detention Centre.
The four, who...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS TO HOLD PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON VISITING VILLWOOD REFUGEES
Refugee supporters will hold at protest at Sydney’s Villawood detention to call for an end to the restrictions recently imposed on visiting refugees at...
