PNG Manus report self-serving cover-up – there was no riot on Monday 17...
PNG police excluded from detention centre
Reports of the contents of the PNG report into the brutal attacks on asylum seekers on Manus Island continues...
Protests; self-harm rock Nauru after TPV and Cambodia announcement
In the aftermath of asylum seekers and refugees being shown a video of Scott Morrison announcing that TPVs would never apply to Nauru, protests,...
Refugee advocates condemn Cambodia deal
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the refugee resettlement arrangement about to be signed by Australia and Cambodia.
“Today’s deal is the latest installment in...
Sydney refugee rally says no to PNG deal and off-shore processing
For the third time in three weeks since Kevin Rudd announced the deal with the PNG government on 19 July to expel all asylum...
GILLARD MISSES OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PRINCIPLE AT FRONT OF REFUGEE POLICY
Refugee groups today condemned the Gillard’s government’s announcement that it intends to change the laws to get around the High Court decision that the...
Refugee advocates welcome High Court injunction
Last minute legal action in the High Court has resulted in a temporary injunction preventing the removal of an Afghan asylum seeker to Kabul.
A...
Iranian refugee attempts suicide in Villawood
An Iranian refugee, Rafi (not his real name) has attempted suicide in the Lachlan compound of Villawood detention centre on Friday afternoon, 22 April.
The...
AS EAST TIMOR VOTES NO, REFUGEE GROUPS CALL ON GILLARD TO SCRAP OFF SHORE PROCESSING
Media Release, July 13 2010
Refugee groups have welcomed East Timor’s unanimous parliamentary vote to reject Julia Gillard’s proposal to site a regional mega-detention centre...
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...
Car torched as Nauruan local terrorise refugee settlement
Nauruan locals have terrorised a refugee settlement on Nauru.
Around 3.30am, Friday morning (16 December), refugees were awoken by locals shouting “F*** refugees; F***...
