Will Albanese visit PNG but leave refugees behind?
Refugee advocates have called on Prime Minister Albanese to use his visit to PNG to ensure that no refugees or people seeking asylum are left behind in PNG.
Teenagers injured by guards in Nauru protest
Around 7.30pm Wednesday night, eight teenagers and their families were summoned to receive a letter from Australian Border Force in reply to their protest letter sent two days ago. (See image at bottom.)
As the...
Melbourne detention centre locked down after another SERCO officer tests positive for COVID
The whole of Bass 2 compound of Melbourne detention centre (MITA) has been lockdown this afternoon, Friday 8 October.
People detained in Bass 2 were told they were all deemed to be close contacts of...
Biased anti-protest comments from NSW Police Commissioner are unacceptable
The anti-protest comments made by NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, have revealed his shocking bias and inability to make an objective judgement about protests in New South Wales.
Fuller well knows that on 3 July...
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 Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.
“The government is desperate...
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 be deported to Sri Lanka.
The screened out Sri Lankan asylum...
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...
REFUGEE GROUPS SUPPORT DARWIN PROTESTS
FREE THE REFUGEES, DROP THE PEOPLE SMUGGLING CHARGES
Media release
Refugee groups today expressed their support for the weekend protests of the Indonesian fishermen and this morning’s break-out protest by Afghan asylum seekers in the Darwin...
Pregnant refugees from Nauru refuse to get off bus in Darwin
Two refugee families flown from Nauru to Darwin last night (Saturday) around 10pm, have refused to get off a bus that was transporting them to Wickham Point detention centre.
One family, Adnan and his wife,...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS TO PICKET CHRIS BOWEN’S OFFICE OVER TPV DRACONIAN LAW PROPOSAL
The Refugee Action Coalition has called a protest outside Immigration Minister Chris Bowen’s Fairfield electorate office (115 The Crescent, Fairfield), Friday 12.30-2.00pm.
Friday morning, Eastern Australian time, will also see a protest outside the Australian...
