Nauru hunger striker hospitalised after 36 days: urgent action needed
A urgent message from Nauru reports that Omid, the Iranian asylum seeker on his 36th day of hunger strike has been shifted from the...
Melbourne detention on COVID alert
IHMS staff tested all people detained in Bass 2 compound for Covid Friday night, just hours after Border Force declared that they were considered...
Nauru government evicts Médecins Sans Frontières from the island
The Nauru government has ended the role of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders on the island.
MSF emailed various clients today Saturday,...
Sack Pezzullo, but Home Affairs and Operation Sovereign Borders also needs to go
Pezzullo has been a ruthless advocate of the most brutal anti-refugee border protection policies implemented by successive Liberal and Labor governments.
Nauru protest calls for immediate processing and to close the detention centre
Asylum seekers recently transferred to Nauru held a peaceful, but very vocal, protest yesterday (Sunday) afternoon to coincide with a rally in Sydney against...
Sudanese refugees arrested in Makassar, Indonesia
Indonesia immigration and police have arrested around 12 Sudanese refugees (including two children) who had been holding a peaceful, indefinite protest vigil outside the UNHCR offices in Makassar, Indonesia.
Ten refugees being flown from Nauru to Australia
A group of ten refugees and people seeking asylum are being transferred from Nauru to Australia, this morning, Friday 4 September. The RAAF plane...
Fears for two-week old refugee baby on Nauru
There are serious concerns for the welfare of a two-week baby boy on Nauru.
The baby was born to Iranian refugees on 12 January....
SECOND TAMIL DEPORTATION AVERTED BY LEGAL ACTION – REFUGEE ADVOCATES SAY DON’T DEPORT TO...
A second attempted removal of a Tamil asylum seeker has been averted after the government gave an undertaking not to remove him until the...
Refugee groups reject Sri Lankan government allegations against “Alex”
Media Release
November 7
Refugee groups have condemned the statements from the Sri Lankan government alleging that Alex is a people smuggler. “It is the Sri...
