Manus Island claims another victim as asylum seeker declared brain dead. Manus detainees accuse...
A 24 year-old Iranian asylum seeker, Hamid Kehazaei, who was urgently medivacced from Manus Island to Brisbane on Wednesday, 27 August has been declared...
Yongah hill locked down after Afghan asylum seeker dies overnight
Yongah Hill detention centre is in lockdown, and Serco’s riot squad has been mobilised following the death of a 27 year-old Afghan asylum seeker...
Another COVID scare at Melbourne’s MITA detention centre
Another Serco guard at Melbourne’s MITA detention has tested positive sparking another Covid scare inside the detention centre.
Border Force officers began notifying people identified...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES TAKE URGENT LEGAL ACTION TO PREVENT SYRIAN DEPORTATION
Refugee advocates and Syrian democracy supporters are attempting to get urgent legal action to prevent the removal of a former Syrian citizen to Syria.
The...
Refugee group condemns transfer of asylum seekers to Manus Island
The Refugee Action Coalition condemns the Immigration Department’s new announced transfer of 25 single male asylum seekers to Manus Island.
“The government doesn’t even have...
DEVIL’S ISLAND OF DETENTION: TWO ASYLUM SEEKERS TAKEN IN HANDCUFFS TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND; PUNISHMENT...
Two Afghan refugees were taken in handcuffs from Darwin to Christmas Island on the afternoon of Sunday 18 March.
Refugee advocates have called for the...
More asylum seekers self-harm and hunger strike on Manus Island
Up to five male asylum seekers on Manus Island self-harmed on Sunday night as the unrest in the detention camp continues following the transfer...
Immigration tries first forced removal from Manus Island: injunctions sought
Late yesterday afternoon, Thursday 13 August, Immigration authorities used a show of force by PNG police as the first phase of attempting forced removals...
Twenty-seven refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-seven refugees left Nauru this morning bound for Port Moresby, the first leg of a 50-hour long journey to be resettled in the USA....
West Papuans removed unlawfully; Morrison’s explanation doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
Yesterday at his press briefing, Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, claimed that Australia had removed seven West Papuan asylum seekers to PNG last Friday on...
