DARWIN PROTEST ‘IN THE BALANCE’ AFTER IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS PLEAD WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS
After assembling to begin their protest this morning, asylum seekers at Darwin detention centre are waiting to meet the detention centre manager later this...
Mass hunger strike on Nauru; Internet cut off
A mass hunger strike by asylum seekers of all nationalities has begun on Nauru. Outraged by the attempted suicide and self-harm incidents late yesterday...
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO PREVENT TAMIL DEPORTATION
Urgent attempts to initiate legal action are being made this afternoon (Wednesday) to try to prevent the deportation of a Tamil asylum seeker to...
Abbott’s Syria refugee announcement: too little, too discriminatory and too hypocritical
Free the Syrians in detention
It is a welcome fact that the Abbott government will take 12,000 Syrians on top of the existing humanitarian intake...
MITA hunger strike continues: End the lockdown, provide chairs
The hunger strike protest by immigration detainees in MITA North that began on Tuesday 8 January, is now into its fourth day.
Detainees have also...
Protest for Latifar and baby Farus: Don’t send them to Nauru; don’t send anyone
The Refugee Action Coalition has called a protest tomorrow (Friday 22nd) outside Scott Morrison's media briefing, at Commonwealth Government offices, 12.30pm, 1 Bligh Street,...
Nauru pregnant women need urgent help
The report carried by some News Corp papers that pregnant women on Nauru “are refusing medical attention” is incorrect.
“The truth is simply that there...
Kurdish refugee in indefinite detention re-starts hunger strike after Immigration breaks promise of community...
Refugee advocates have grave fears for the welfare of 36-year-old Kurdish refugee, Sardar Zahiri, who has re-started a hunger strike in Melbourne after being...
More protests and hunger strike in Nauru as conditions deteriorate
Another 38 asylum seekers, Iranian and Afghan, arrived in Nauru this morning (Friday 19 October) taking the number of asylum seekers, in the increasingly...
GOVERNMENT POLICY TO BLAME FOR CHRISTMAS ISLAND TRAGEDY
Dozens of asylum seekers have died this morning after their boat crashed into cliffs on Christmas Island
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/15/3093766.htm
RAC Media release December 15, 2010
“Government anti-refugee policy...
