Urgent medevac needed for PNG refugee

Refugee activists are calling for the government to act urgently to medevac a Kurdish-Iranian refugee, Hatam Yekta, from Port Moresby to Australia.

Port Moresby refugees protest phone card cuts

Refugees transferred to Port Moresby for medical reasons staged "Day 1" of protest action outside the Australian Border Force office at the motel where...

Manus intimidation steps up; phones confiscated, as court decision looms

Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield) and Immigration intimidation of asylum seekers and refugees at Manus Island has been stepped-up in the lead up to Australian and...

ANOTHER ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AT DARWIN’S AIRPORT LODGE

A Tamil asylum seeker has been taken to hospital after attempting suicide by hanging in the early of hours of this morning, at the...

Labor’s binge on anti-refugee laws must be stopped

In the dying days of the last week of Parliamentary sittings for 2024, Labor is shamefully trying to push through three pieces of legislation that will further undermine human rights of refugees and non-citizens.

PNG secret deal leaves refugees without food vouchers, income or transport

Following on from cuts to electricity and threats of eviction, PNG refugees this week have been left without food vouchers and allowances.

Asylum seekers second day of protest on Nauru

Asylum seekers on Nauru held a protest at the gates of the family compound, RPC 3, for the second day in a row, beginning...

REFUGEE SUPPORTERS TO HOLD PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON VISITING VILLWOOD REFUGEES

Refugee supporters will hold at protest at Sydney’s Villawood detention to call for an end to the restrictions recently imposed on visiting refugees at...

Nauruan refugees’ protest defies police ban

Up to 300 refugees, women, men and children, from all refugee camps across Nauru have defied the Nauruan government and police attempts to ban...

Medevac refugees hold stay-in protest over indefinite detention

Over 30 refugees, almost half of those being held at the Mantra Hotel in Melbourne, are in their sixth day of a “stay-in” protest...