People power wins community detention for Asha: Now free all the 267
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the agreement to place baby Asha in community detention as a victory for people power and the “Let Them Stay” campaign...
LONG TERM AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS STAGE MASS HUNGER STRIKE AT PONTVILLE: THREE HOSPITALISED
Frustrations over the Immigration department’s reneging on promises of community detention and bridging visas for long term detainees have spilled over to the Pontville...
Manus Island opens – More refugee shame on Labor; more scapegoats for a failed...
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the government’s announcement of the transfer of asylum seeker families to Manus Island.
“It is a pointless and vindictive...
REFUGEE PROTEST TO MARK START OF HIGH COURT CASE
Refugee supporters will protest outside the Sydney court precinct, Queens Square, Macquarie Street, in Sydney between 9.00 and 10.00am, Wednesday, 8 February. Speakers at...
More screened out asylum seekers under threat – urgent call on to halt imminent...
Around 50 asylum seekers brought from Christmas Island to Darwin this morning may be the next group of screened out asylum seekers bound to...
ASIO NEGATIVE TAMIL REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE – SECOND IN TWO MONTHS
A Tamil refugee with an ASIO negative security finding attempted suicide in the early hours of today (Friday) morning. He is the second ASIO...
More lip-stitching as protests on Nauru escalate
Asylum seekers on Nauru are now on their fourth day of a sustained protest, according to information supplied this evening to the Refugee Action...
ADVERSE SECURITY REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE: DARWIN PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR ASIO REVIEW
Just after midnight Monday night (15 August), a 29 year old Tamil refugee was taken from Villawood detention centre, to hospital, after swallowing cleaning...
DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE; DETAINEES CALL FOR MEDIA ACCESS
One of the young Afghan roof-top protesters attempted suicide in the Darwin detention centre last night only hours after a mass hunger strike was...
Refugee advocates urge intervention to stop first forced removal to Afghanistan
Refugee advocates are calling on Scott Morrison to halt the imminent deportation of a Hazara asylum seeker from Villawood detention centre to Afghanistan, scheduled...
