Roof-top refugee protest at Yongah hill detention centre
The Yongah Hill detention centre has been locked down this evening after growing numbers of asylum seekers have joined the roof-top protest that began...
Kurdish refugee dead on Christmas Island: another victim of long term detention
It is believed that an Iranian Kurdish refugee, Fazel Chegeni, has died on Christmas Island.
The man, in his early 30s, escaped from the North...
Staff tribute to dead asylum seeker Reza Berati
The statement below was written on behalf of Manus Island detention centre as a tribute to the murdered asylum seeker, Reza Berati (pictured).
"Today's harrowing...
OMBUDSMAN INTERVENES – TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKERS END HUNGER STRIKE
Media release May 21, 2010
SERCO AND IMMIGRATION FACE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
Eight Tamil asylum seekers facing charges resulting from a fight inside Christmas Island detention...
DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE ON THE EDGE – GROWING PROTESTS AMID ATTEMPTED SUICIDES
Frustration is again boiling over in the Darwin detention centre. There have been six attempted suicides in the last two days – five on...
STATELESS ASYLUM SEEKERS HOSPITALISED AS KURDISH “IMR VICTIMS” OVERDOSE AND STITCH LIPS
Another desperate protest has hit the Darwin detention centre. Five stateless Fali Kurd asylum seekers, calling themselves “IMR victims” have staged protests and self...
Two asylum seekers attempt suicide in Melbourne
In a tragic day for the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre, there were two attempted suicides within hours of each other, this...
Another 25 Medevac refugees released in Brisbane
Twenty-five Medevac refugees are being released on bridging visas in Brisbane this morning (2 March) - 23 from Kangaroo Point and 2 from the Brisbane...
ASIO assessments are flawed, not fair: Independent inquiry needed
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed ASIO’s re-assessment of its adverse security finding in the case of Manokalo and her six year old son....
Justice for Hamid: Close Manus Island, End offshore processing
“The death of Hamid Khazayi, the 24 year-old Iranian asylum seeker whose life support system was turned off on Friday evening, is senseless and...
