REJECTION AND DELAYS PROVOKE HUNGER STRIKE AT CURTIN DETENTION CENTRE
Media release January 18, 2011
Up to 1000 Afghan asylum seekers at the Curtin detention centre have begun a hunger strike today. A group of...
Refugee supporters protest at court hearing – Don’t send Latifar and Ferouz to Nauru
A protest organised to support Latifar and her new baby Ferouz under threat of being returned to detention in Nauru will be held outside...
Manus refugees urge Labor to abide by policy on medical transfers
Hundreds of refugees previously held by the Australia government in PNG have written to the Home Affairs and Immigration Minister requesting to act urgently to transfer sick refugees and asylum seekers, still in limbo in PNG, to Australia.
SCHERGER HUNGER STRIKE UPDATE
By Saturday afternoon, the number of hunger strikers at the Scherger detention centre is estimated to be 95.
However their physical condition continues to deteriorate....
More refugee suicide attempts in PNG
There have been two more cases, one of attempted suicide and one of serious self-harm, involving refugees in Port Moresby overnight.
In the early hours...
Fires at Yongah hill after detainee death
Some fires have broken out in Yongah Hill in the aftermath of the suicide of an Iraqi detainee late Sunday afternoon, 1 September.
Detainees were...
Villawood refugee children being searched before and after school
Children attending school from the Villawood residential housing section of the detention centre are being subjected to extensive searches of their bags, including their...
Students protest at Immigration Minister Chris Bowen’s office to say close Nauru, don’t let...
At 12:30pm today student refugee activists began a snap protest at Immigration Minister Chris Bowen's electoral office demanding that he act now to save...
UNHCR REVIEW–SRI LANKA IS UNSAFE: REFUGEE GROUPS CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO UNFREEZE SRI...
Media Release April 28, 2010
“The release of the UNHCR review into Sri Lanka has blown a huge hole in the Rudd government’s justification for...
SERCO BANS DETENTION VISITS AS REFUGEE ACTIVISTS CONVERGE ON AUSTRALIA’S DETENTION CAPITAL
Refugee activists have condemned Serco and the Immigration department’s ban on visits to Darwin’s detention centres over the Easter weekend.
Even before protests were scheduled...
