DETENTION BECOMES A DEATH SENTENCE; ANGER GROWS AT CURTIN
Media Release March 29, 2010
Refugee supporters are appalled at the news that mandatory detention has taken another asylum seeker’s life, this time in the...
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,...
DARWIN DETENTION PROTEST WARNING AS TENSION GROWS
Despite last minute pleas from immigration and Serco offcials, Darwin asylum seekers are determined to push ahead with a protest inside the detention centre...
LABOR’S SHAME: OFF-SHORE PROCESSING LEGISLATION RE-OPENS A HELL-HOLE
“The passing of off-shore processing legislation allowing asylum seekers to be expelled to Nauru and Manus Island will go down as a day of...
Delays and failure to follow antibiotic guidelines in Kehazaei death
Doctors for refugees media release:
Doctors for Refugees calls for an immediate inquiry into the death of Hamid Kehazaei , following the publication of...
TAMPA DAY RALLY TO SUPPORT NAURU-BOUND HUNGER STRIKERS
A Brisbane rally called by the Refugee Action Collective for 1pm, Sunday 26th August, Brisbane Square to mark Tampa Day will also declare its...
MERAK TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER HOSPITALISED AS INDONESIAN DETENTION TAKES ITS TOLL – CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND
Media Release June 4, 2010
REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL MERAK ASYLUM SEEKERS
One the Merak Tamil asylum seekers, a woman with two...
Attempted refugee suicide in Kangaroo Point exposes mental health danger in detention
After seven year’s detention, including up to and more than a year of closed detention in Australia, serious mental health issues are emerging among...
ANOTHER REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
A 25 year old Iranian man, accepted as a refugee two months ago, has attempted suicide at the Darwin detention centre.
The Iranian refugee is...
PNG and Nauru refugees fly into COVID risk of US resettlement
After seven years held in offshore detention, thirteen refugees – nine from PNG, four from Nauru – have left their respective prison islands this...
