ANOTHER CHRISTMAS ISLAND DISASTER VICTIM BURIED AT ROOKWOOD CEMETERY
A funeral service will be held at 11.00am Monday 17 October in the Muslim section of the Rookwood cemetery for another male victim of...
Young Malaysian man suicides in Villawood detention centre
A young Malaysian man, around 20 years old, has committed suicide in Villawood’s high security Mitchell compound.
He was found by his roommate, around 3.30pm...
It’s not smugglers: it’s government policies that are pushing families onto boats
The Refugee Action Coalition has rejected claims that people smugglers are responsible for more asylum families arriving in Australia by boat.
“It is the government...
Refugee Action Coalition repudiates allegations by The Australian and Greg Lake
The Australian newspaper’s ongoing attacks against the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) have no basis in fact, RAC spokesperson Ian Rintoul said today.
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Two weeks: Nauru hunger strike, lip stitching protest continues
Eight Iranian asylum seekers are into their 15th day with their lips stitched. And between 20 and 30 asylum seekers (including those with stitched...
Protesters occupy Immigration: Yes to abortion rights; no to Nauru
A group of 20 refugee supporters, mostly students, have staged a sit-in at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Sydney office on Lee...
ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood
An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself at the Villawood detention centre overnight. The man has been in detention for over three...
Almost 300 more asylum seekers join PNG constitutional challenge to Manus detention
PNG lawyer, Ben Lomai, will today (Friday, 26 February) file another 287 submissions from Manus Island asylum seekers to join them to a PNG...
MALAYSIA DEPORTEES CALL FOR HELP, DECLARE HUNGER STRIKE ADVOCATES DEMAND ACCESS TO THE ASYLUM...
Refugee advocates tonight received a distressed call for help from one of the asylum seekers being held pending removal to Malaysia.
The short call said...
Grave fears for brain-injured refugee on Nauru
A 28 year-old Rohingyan refugee injured in a motorbike accident on Nauru this morning around 7.00am has been unconscious in the RON hospital since...
