Sending asylum families to Nauru a shameful election stunt
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the Labor government’s transfer of asylum seeker families to Nauru.
“This is a shameful election stunt, “ said Ian...
Nauru and Manus Island now full – Pacific Solution 2.0 in tatters
With the arrival of three more asylum boats in the last 24 hours, the total number of asylum seekers reaching Australia since 13 August...
Refugee group demands Minister comes clean on whereabouts of New Year’s Day asylum boat
Refugee groups are demanding that the Immigration Minister Scott Morrison comes clean about the whereabouts of the asylum boat intercepted by the navy near...
Refugee advocates welcome High Court injunction
Last minute legal action in the High Court has resulted in a temporary injunction preventing the removal of an Afghan asylum seeker to Kabul.
A...
Court action for eight more screened out Tamil asylum seekers
Court documents have been lodged with the Federal Court in Sydney this (Wednesday) afternoon on behalf of eight screened-out Tamil asylum seekers on Christmas...
Palmer sold a pup – shameful capitulation to cruel TPV deal
Refugee advocates have condemned the deal struck between Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and the Palmer United Party to introduce Temporary Protection Visas and safe...
Third day of protest on Nauru
Asylum seekers of the family compound, RPC 3, on Nauru have staged their third protest in three days.
In October last year the Nauruan government...
High Court decision opens possibility of deportations to danger
A High Court decision this morning (7 September) has dismissed an application of behalf of five asylum seekers seeking to extend judicial review to...
Attempted drowning suicide on Manus Island as tensions mount
For the third time in two weeks, there has been an attempted suicide by Manus Island asylum seekers trying to drown themselves.
Today, Tuesday 13...
REFUGEE GROUPS CONDEMN GOVERNMENT STALLING MALAYSIA AGREEMENT VOTE
“The Gillard government is achieving nothing by stalling the vote on its Migration Act amendments. They are trying to prolong the inevitable in a...
