Advocates warn against handing refugee settlement contract to Nauru government
Refugee advocates have warned the Australian government against handing any refugee settlement services contracts to the Nauru government or Nauru-run businesses.
The concerns have...
Protests erupt on Nauru over delayed processing and deteriorating medical and camp conditions
Up to 100 Palestinian, Iraqi and Iranian asylum seekers on Nauru have been holding rowdy nightly protests over delays in the processing of their...
Perth asylum seeker two-week hunger strike against arbitrary detention
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling for the immediate release of an Iranian asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike in the Perth...
Six months since the election, Canberra rally demands action on permanent visas
More than a thousand refugees and their supporters rallied outside Parliament House in Canberra, on 29 November to demand permanent visas for refugees.
Nauru hunger strike enters fifth day – police charge two Iranians
The hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru is now in its fifth day, still with around 300 asylum seekers refusing food. The asylum...
Another suicide attempt on Nauru – “the worst it has ever been”
Angry asylum seekers boycott excursions
A suicide attempt this (Thursday) afternoon by one of the hunger strikers on Nauru – the second hanging attempt in two...
Court prevents Iraqi deportation – now Minister must explain dodgy travel documents
Judge Robertson J, in the Federal Court in Sydney this morning has found there was sufficient concern about the role of the unregistered migration...
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH REFUGEES IN WICKHAM POINT
Seven people from several Australian cities were arrested by Northern Territory police for trying to make contact with refugees inside the Wickham Point Detention...
Nauru refugees petition against delays and exclusion from the US
Around 500 Nauruan refugees have signed a petition (Nauru resettlement petition) directed to Australian Border Force demanding a timetable for refugee resettlement; to be...
Refugees confined to rooms in Meriton hotel-prison: release them now
Ten refugees and asylum seekers transferred from a hotel-prison in Darwin to the Meriton Apartments in Brisbane four days ago (Saturday 14 November) have...
