REFUGEE SYSTEM IS FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED: LABOR MUST END OFFSHORE PROCESSING, CLOSE CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Media Release November 11, 2010
Refugee groups have welcomed the unanimous High Court decision declaring the present offshore processing invalid.
“The court’s decision has confirmed...
Refugee advocates call for independent inquiry into Manus death
Refugee advocates are deeply concerned at PNG police statements that they have ruled out "foul play" in regard to the death of Hamed.
"It is...
Refugee attempts suicide at Kangaroo Point hotel-prison
A Somali refugee who attempted suicide in the early hours of Saturday, 24 October, was taken to the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA)...
IMMIGRATION MINISTER IGNORES SUICIDE ATTEMPT AND GENEVA APPEAL TO HALT DEPORTATION OF CHINESE FAMILY
Media Release October 29, 2010
Despite a communication from the Geneva-based Special Rapporteur on Torture with the UN High Commission on Human Rights to the...
AUSTRALIA SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS’ DEATHS AT SEA
Australia cannot evade its share of the responsibility for yesterday’s tragic sinking of another asylum boat off Java, according to advocates from the Refugee...
TWO YEARS IN DETENTION: BURMESE REFUGEE RESUMES DARWIN ROOF TOP PROTEST
A Burmese refugee in detention two weeks short of two years began a roof top protest at the Darwin detention centre Sunday night, 23...
DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
An Iranian asylum seeker in Darwin’s notorious Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) has attempted suicide around 10.30pm Friday, Darwin time.
The man was cut down...
Hundreds of TPV and bridging visa holders to protest for right to work and...
Around 200 asylum seekers on bridging visas and refugees with temporary protection visas (TPV) will stage a day-long protest, this Friday, 11 December, outside...
Manus refugees again brutally attacked, two injured
Three attacks in twelve hours on refugees on Manus Island shows how unsafe the Manus community is for refugees and exactly why refugees are...
People power wins community detention for Asha: Now free all the 267
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the agreement to place baby Asha in community detention as a victory for people power and the “Let Them Stay” campaign...
