OPEN LETTER CALLS FOR SCRAPPING THE EAST TIMOR REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE
Media release, February 2 2011
Refugee groups have called on the Gillard Labor government to scrap its proposal to build a Regional Processing Centre in...
Not just TPVs: Morrison moves to boost Maritime Powers Act; Enshrine screening out, Restrict...
The government’s “Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014” introduced Thursday 25 September goes much further than establishing...
PNG refugee service provider sacks eleven case workers amid rort allegations
Eleven of the PNG nationals employed by JDA under contract with Australia have been officially terminated. The sackings follow the resignation of 29 case...
Close Nauru hell-hole – two attempted suicides
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Nauru detention will be expanded and that more family groups will be...
Attempted suicide on Manus Island – Advocates suggest a good time for Transfield to...
A 25 year-old Burmese asylum seeker attempted suicide at Manus Island yesterday afternoon, Monday 31 August.
The emergency unfolded over almost four hours as the...
Hunger strike against prison conditions in Melbourne detention; video footage exposes guard thuggery
Around 200 detainees in MITA North, the new high security compound inside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), have begun a hunger strike in...
Withdrawal of false Interpol notice welcome; now inquiry into AFP needed
“We welcome the announced withdrawal of a number of charges from the Interpol Red notice for Sayed Abdellatif,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the...
Nauru dengue fever outbreak raises health concerns for asylum seekers
An outbreak of dengue fever has hit Nauru, raising concerns for the short-term and long-term heath and welfare of asylum seekers being held on...
Australia’s turn-back policy adds to drowning risk in Europe
“Australia’s turn back policy may be directly contributing to deaths at sea in Europe,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.
“The Coalition’s...
Protests at PNG consulates call to close Manus Island detention camp
There will be protests held in Sydney and Brisbane tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 February) to coincide with the first court sitting in Papua New Guinea...
