Press releases

Doctors for Refugees wholeheartedly endorses the J’accuse petition, to be presented on Monday 20 October 2014. “We have grave concerns for asylum seekers and refugees denied appropriate, timely health services and for Australian health professionals...

After a false start a week ago, PNG Immigration began moving refugees from Port Moresby’s Granville Motel to 'community placement' in two other hotels in Port Moresby. The first ten people were moved today (Tuesday,...

A funeral service will be held at 11.00am Monday 17 October in the Muslim section of the Rookwood cemetery for another male victim of the Christmas Island shipwreck disaster of December 2010. Relatives of the...

Media release December 19, 2010 Refugee groups have been astonished at the reported comments from UNHCR regional representative Richard Towle, that Australia’s detention system is clogged with rejected asylum seekers who should be sent home. “Towle’s...

Refugee groups are concerned for the welfare and security of seven West Papuan asylum seekers flown overnight from Horn Island to Port Moresby. The seven who arrived in Boigu Island in the Torres Starit on...

Refugee supporters are horrified at the removal of up to 23 Vietnamese asylum seekers in the early hours of Wednesday morning (23 October). Nineteen asylum seekers were isolated at the Yongah Hill detention centre on...

Within a couple of hours of a notice being handed to the refugees inside the Manus detention centre, fences around the Mike Compound have begun to be taken down. Reducing the security around the centre...

The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the government’s announcement to immediately increase Australia’s refugee intake to 20,000. But the government could and should have increased the intake without re-opening Nauru. “The bitter pill of violating...