Seven refugees leave Nauru for US resettlement
Seven refugees (from Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka) will leave Nauru today (Wednesday 10 July), for resettlement in the US. This brings the...
Merak Refugee supporters call for the immediate release of a Canadian and two Australians...
Media Release January 26, 2010
Refugee groups are demanding the immediate release of two Australian citizens and a Canadian national who were detained this afternoon...
Two attempted suicides on Manus Island follow PNG lawyer’s comments
Two Iranian asylum seekers in their mid-20s have attempted suicide on Manus Island, after reading comments by the PNG government lawyer, Ian Molloy.
Molloy was...
PNG Supreme Court rules major victory to Manus asylum seekers
The full bench of the PNG Supreme Court today (Friday) finally handed down a ruling formally finding that the human rights of all those...
Fourteen refugees fly from Nauru to US today
Fourteen more refugees, mostly single men – Rohingyan, Afghans, and Pakistanis – left Nauru this afternoon, Sunday 29 July, to be resettled in the...
A Current Affair fails the test – selective, superficial and sanitised program did not...
A Current Affair has broadcast a very selective, superficial and sanitised view of Nauru, according to spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition, Ian Rintoul.
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Australian humanitarian visa application forms confiscated, as Merak asylum seeker “disappears” after arrest at hospital
Media Release December 28
Refugee activists in Indonesia are extremely concerned at the fate of one of the Tamil Merak asylum seekers, “Sammy”, who was...
Grave fears for brain-injured refugee on Nauru
A 28 year-old Rohingyan refugee injured in a motorbike accident on Nauru this morning around 7.00am has been unconscious in the RON hospital since...
Abyan needs help not harassment
The aggressive attempts by the Nauruan police to interview Abyan reveal their complete lack of concern for the privacy and welfare of a sexual...
Detention protest spreads nationally
Hundreds of immigration detainees in detention centres across the country have begun a hunger strike protest this morning, Monday 21 January.
Detainees in the Villawood,...
