Security guards desert Manus detention centre

The government needs to act urgently to prevent a looming disaster on Manus Island. Security guards have deserted their posts at Manus detention centre, leaving...

Another vigilante attack, but Nauru refugees defy repression

Around 350 refugees from camps across the island have staged yet another peaceful protest on Nauru. The refugees protest inside the Anabare camp began around...

Twenty-five Medevac refugees being freed in Brisbane

Twenty-three Medevac refugees who have been held in the Kangaroo Point hotel for up to two years are being released on bridging visas this...

Refugee activists to again target Liberal billboard prior to Northam weekend protests

At 8.30am tomorrow (Friday) morning, refugee activists will again stress that 'No one is illegal' at the site of the now infamous Liberal billboard...

Nauruan crane climber arrested by police

The Iranian asylum seeker, Reza Khestinzhad, who staged a nine hour protest on top of a the crane on Nauru on Friday (27 November),...

Mobiles to stay in detention centres – for now

This morning, Friday, Justice Rares found that the Federal Court had jurisdiction to consider whether or not the government’s decree to ban mobile phones...

Wads of cash? Turning asylum boats around – that’s the crime

It is now quite clear that the Coalition government, the architects of Operation Sovereign Borders, did pay the boat crew of a recent asylum...

Murdered Manus asylum seeker was Faili Kurd

The asylum seeker killed on Monday night in the Manus Island detention centre was a 24 year-old Faili Kurd. He was one of the...

Djokovic visa cancellation first time theatre, second time political farce

The government move to cancel Djokovic's visa is sheer political farce. Immigration minister Alex Hawke's claim that Djokovic's visa has been canceled “on health...

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...