MORE SELF-HARM IN DARWIN AS DETENTION CENTRE IN MELT DOWN
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for urgent government intervention in the Darwin detention centre, as the number of attempted suicide and self-harm incidents escalate inside the detention centre.
There have been at least five...
VILLAWOOD DEPORTEE BEATEN
REFUGEE GROUPS CALL ON MINISTER TO HALT VILLAWOOD DEPORTATION – COMPLEMENTARY PROTECTION LEGISLATION COULD SAVE HIM
BRUTAL ACTION A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME FOR MALAYSIA FORCED TRANSFERS?
The beating of an Indian man being forcibly...
Asylum seekers second day of protest on Nauru
Asylum seekers on Nauru held a protest at the gates of the family compound, RPC 3, for the second day in a row, beginning at 5.00pm Nauru time.
Many of the asylum seekers are still...
PROTESTS CONTINUE AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
The daily protests inside Darwin detention centre are continuing. For the last five days, up to 70 asylum seekers have been holding hourly protests twice a day – between 12.00 and 1.00pm and from...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES CONDEMN UNFOLDING CRUELTY OF MALAYSIA DEAL, CALL PROTEST AT ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The treatment of the first 54 asylum seekers set to be deported to Malaysia under the Australian Government's so-called "Malaysia Solution" confirms why this deal must be scrapped, refugee advocates say.
"We are absolutely appalled...
Grave concerns for Melbourne detention hunger striker
The Refugee Action Coalition has grave concerns for the welfare of “Mahdi” an Iranian asylum seeker now in his 23nd day on hunger strike in Melbourne’s detention centre, MITA.
SECOND NIGHT OF PROTESTS ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
UPDATE--SECOND NIGHT OF TEAR GAS
Around 10pm Christmas Island time, Federal police began the indiscriminate use of tear gas inside the Christmas Island detention centre.
Asylum seekers not involved with the protest have been affected by...
Despite the Sudanese crisis, Labor is leaving Sudanese refugees behind
The more than 500 Sudanese refugees in Indonesia are one of the groups that have been left behind by the Labor government’s budget failure to increase the humanitarian refugee intake or end the ban on accepting refugees from Indonesia.
Security-cleared refugee on hunger strike for freedom
Egyptian refugee Sayed Abdellatif, long denied a permanent visa on dubious security grounds, has finally been granted a security clearance by ASIO.
Refugee protests across Indonesia to mark Refugee Day
Hundreds of refugees, mostly Afghan and Sudanese, staged protests on World Refugee Day in cities across Indonesia to demand resettlement after years of being stranded in poverty.
