Rudd’s “Manus Island solution” election ploy channels John Howard
Kevin Rudd’s announcement that Australia will send all asylum seekers to PNG to be processed and resettled is a disgraceful and desperate election ploy...
Refugee groups plan show of support for Villawood detainees on Easter Monday
Following this week’s unrest at the Villawood detention centre, refugee rights advocates will stage a mass show of support for Villawood detainees on Easter...
COVID outbreak creates crisis in Villawood detention centre
Five people in immigration detention in Sydney's Villawood detention centre (two people in Mackenzie and three in Mitchell compound) have tested positive for Covid,...
PNG supreme court challenge to manus island detention centre
This morning (Wednesday 18 March), 9.30am, the Supreme Court, Port Moresby, will hold its first directions hearing in a new challenge to the Manus...
Refugee groups condemn hunger striker, Omid, being forced back to Nauru
Refugee groups have condemned the Minister’s decision to return Iranian asylum seeker and hunger striker to Nauru. Omid was brought from Nauru to Australia...
Nauru asylum seekers issue new appeal to Gillard and the media
The asylum seekers on Nauru have issued another statement (text below and here) appealing to the media to come Nauru and see directly the...
Excision of the mainland: More refugee shame on the Gillard government
The move by the Gillard government to excise the Australian mainland from the migration zone is an absurd throwback to the draconian policies of...
Nauru refugees protest against Cambodia and offshore processing
Around 200 refugees staged a protest at Ijuw camp on Nauru, late yesterday afternoon, Friday 24 April.
The refugees called for "Justice," and "Freedom," and...
Fears for the welfare of captured Delta asylum seekers but Manus hunger strike continues
Security guards surrounded the Delta compound on Monday afternoon, but broke through the barricaded front gate.
Around 170 asylum seekers from Delta Compound have been...
Manus suspected typhoid cases transfers delayed
Refugees on Manus are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of two more possible typhoid cases on the island. Two typhoid cases were transferred...
