Villawood suicide: detention claims another victim
A 33 year-old refugee, from Sierra Leone has hanged himself in Villawood Detention Centre. He was found in his room around 4.30pm, this afternoon, Friday 25 January.
It is understood that Musa (not his real...
Labor’s opposition to lifetimeban exposes third country myth – Now Bring Them Here
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed Labor’s stand against Turnbull’s attempt to impose a lifetime ban on asylum seekers and refugees sent to Nauru or Manus Island ever entering Australia.
Turnbull’s lifetime ban proposal...
PNG staff and PNG police excluded from Manus detention centre as more eye-witness accounts...
Despite denials by both G4S and PNG police that they were involved in the murder of Reza Barati and attacks on 77 other asylum seekers on 17 February, local G4S workers and PNG police...
Government back down: Tamils slated for removal are screened in
In a dramatic turn around, the Federal government has agreed to screen-in 56 Tamils who were due to be removed to Sri Lanka yesterday, Tuesday 4 December. The 56 Tamil men presently being held...
REFUGEE STATISTICS REVEAL BIAS AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN OFF-SHORE PROCESSING
The Refugee Action Coalition today welcomed the release of more detailed statistics regarding asylum seekers and refugees, but says there is still a need for greater transparency of refugee processing.
“After looking at the statistics...
Manus refugee bashed during Port Moresby robbery
A 31-year-old Bangladeshi refugee, Rafi (not his real name), was singled out and bashed when a rascal gang robbed the general store in Boroko, Port Moresby, where he was working last Saturday 13 June,...
Despite the Sudanese crisis, Labor is leaving Sudanese refugees behind
The more than 500 Sudanese refugees in Indonesia are one of the groups that have been left behind by the Labor government’s budget failure to increase the humanitarian refugee intake or end the ban on accepting refugees from Indonesia.
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 Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Jamal was flown from Nauru to Brisbane...
More pressure on Manus refugees to move but nowhere to go
PNG Immigration and Australia’s Border Force are stepping up the pressure on Manus refugees and asylum seekers in an effort to force them out of the detention centre.
Detainees are being told that the detention...
TEAR GAS USED AGAINST PROTEST ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
A major protest, involving a large number of asylum seekers has broken out at the main Christmas Island detention centre overnight, starting around 10pm (Tuesday 19 July) Christmas Island time.
From reports from inside the...
