Hundreds of TPV refugees to protest at Parliament House
Hundreds of Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) holders, and protection visa applicants from around Australia will converge on Canberra...
Withdrawal of false Interpol notice welcome; now inquiry into AFP needed
“We welcome the announced withdrawal of a number of charges from the Interpol Red notice for Sayed Abdellatif,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the...
Australia’s secret PNG deal must be investigated
Refugee advocates are calling on both the Australian and PNG governments to urgently investigate the secret 2021 deal struck by the Morrison government and PNG governments for services to refugees left in PNG by Australia.
HAZARA ASSOCIATION AND REFUGEE SUPPORTERS CALL ON AUSTRALIA TO ASSIST INDONESIA TO STEP UP...
Hazara and refugee groups in Australia are calling on the Indonesian and Australian governments to step up the search efforts for the asylum boat...
Fires at Yongah hill after detainee death
Some fires have broken out in Yongah Hill in the aftermath of the suicide of an Iraqi detainee late Sunday afternoon, 1 September.
Detainees were...
OPEN LETTER CALLS FOR SCRAPPING THE EAST TIMOR REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE
Media release, February 2 2011
Refugee groups have called on the Gillard Labor government to scrap its proposal to build a Regional Processing Centre in...
Advocates warn against handing refugee settlement contract to Nauru government
Refugee advocates have warned the Australian government against handing any refugee settlement services contracts to the Nauru government or Nauru-run businesses.
The concerns have...
National refugee rallies say ‘Hands off Medevac’
While the government ramps up the rhetoric and its misinformation campaign against the Medevac legislation, thousands of people will rally across Australia on Saturday...
Manus petition handed to Chief Justice of PNG Supreme Court
A petition signed by 368 Manus asylum seekers and refugees has been handed to the office of the Chief Justice of the PNG Supreme...
Nauru refugee in Brisbane burns intensive care unit
Jamal, the 36-year-old Pakistani refugee who set himself on fire on Nauru on Friday morning (23 August) is now in intensive care at the...
