RAMPAGE IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE – ASYLUM SEEKERS BEING MOVED TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND
For the second time in two days, Afghan asylum seekers in the south 1 compound of the Darwin detention centre have gone a rampage...
TENSE STAND-OFF IN SCHERGER FOLLOWS SERCO ASSAULT ON ASYLUM SEEKER
There is a tense stand-off between Tamil asylum seekers and Serco guards at Scherger detention centre, following an assault on a Tamil refugee by...
Perth asylum seeker two-week hunger strike against arbitrary detention
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling for the immediate release of an Iranian asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike in the Perth...
MORE SELF-HARM IN DARWIN AS DETENTION CENTRE IN MELT DOWN
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for urgent government intervention in the Darwin detention centre, as the number of attempted suicide and self-harm incidents...
SCHERGER HUNGER STRIKE GROWS; BUT FEARS FOR HEALTH OF THE PROTESTERS
The number of Hazara hunger strikers at Scherger detention has grown from 60 to 80 by late Friday, but the dry hunger strike (no...
Overdose death at Villawood detention centre
An African immigration detainee was found dead in his room at Villawood this morning.
Refugee group urges government to act quickly to protect defecting Zimbabwean ambassador
The Refugee Action Coalition is urging the Coalition to act quickly to grant a protection visa to the defecting Zimbabwean ambassador to Australian, Jacqueline...
Stop the deportations: urgent legal action as Darwin Tamil asylum seekers protest at screening...
Tamil asylum seekers at Wickham Point detention centre are staging a 24 hour hunger strike protest today in response to increasing numbers of Tamils...
Two still on roof-top protest at Yongah Hill detention centre
Almost 24 hours after the protest began, two asylum seekers remain on the roof of the Yongah Hill detention centre.
From around 3.00pm (Perth time)...
FIRST REPORTED INSTANCE OF SELF HARM AT WICKHAM POINT
REFUGEE PROTESTERS TARGET DARWIN'S BIGGEST DETENTION CENTRE
Reliable reports from inside the Wickham Point detention centre indicate that an asylum seeker has been hospitalised following...
