AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS INDONESIAN UNHCR REFUGEES: HYPOCRITICAL POLICIES ARE PUSHING REFUGEES ONTO BOATS
A group of Tamil refugees in Indonesia, recognized as refugees by the UNHCR, but rejected by the Australian government now say they have little...
Manus Island unfit for asylum families – pregnant women and sick brought to Australia
Around 20 asylum seekers, including all the families of all six pregnant women in the Manus Island camp, were transferred to the mainland on...
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...
IGIS report into “Mr E” is a travesty; cover-up of mistreatment of wrongly accused...
The long-awaited Inspector-General report into the treatment of “Mr E” - the so-called Egyptian terrorist - at the hands of Immigration, ASIO, and the...
Minister must stop playing politics with Erfan’s arm
Refugee advocates are maintaining their call for the Immigration Minister to bring the 11 year-old Iranian refugee from Nauru to Australia for an urgent...
Immigration removes pregnant family group to Nauru after change of heart over termination
Last minute legal action failed to prevent the Immigration department from removing an Iranian family group from Darwin to Nauru.
The family group of four...
Human Rights Commission inquiry damns Nauru not fit for children; not fit for anyone
The Human Rights Commission inquiry has revealed shocking details of the detention conditions on Nauru.
“The lack of water, the lack of basic clothing and...
Fears for two-week old refugee baby on Nauru
There are serious concerns for the welfare of a two-week baby boy on Nauru.
The baby was born to Iranian refugees on 12 January....
Nauru search rule changes makes sexual harassment official
Reports of women asylum seekers and refugees being sexually harassed while being searched on their way into RPC3, the camp accommodating families and...
Twenty three refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-three refugees flew from Nauru to the US today, Sunday 22 July.
The group includes two Rohingyan families, one couple with their three...
