Attempted suicide at Yongah Hill detention centre
A Pacific Islander was rushed to hospital after a suicide attempt at Western Australia's Yongah Hill detention centre, yesterday, Thursday 4 November.
The man climbed...
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.
In four issues...
Australian humanitarian visa application forms confiscated, as Merak asylum seeker “disappears” after arrest at hospital
Media Release December 28
Refugee activists in Indonesia are extremely concerned at the fate of one of the Tamil Merak asylum seekers, “Sammy”, who was...
ANOTHER VILLAWOOD REFUGEE ROOF TOP PROTEST
FIFTEEN NOW IN THE ROOF TOP PROTEST AT VILLAWOOD
By 8.30pm Wednesday night, there were fifteen asylum seekers on the roof in Villawood detention centre....
Iranian asylum seeker found dead in Villawood detention centre
An Iranian asylum seeker was found dead in his room in Hume compound of the Villawood detention around 1.00pm, Saturday 26 March.
It is understood...
LAWYERS SHOCKED BY ASYLUM SEEKERS’ CONDITIONS AT SILVERWATER
Solicitors visiting asylum seekers now incarcerated at Silverwater prison are shocked at what they have seen. Stephen Blanks, solicitor and secretary of the NSW...
Twenty-two Manus refugees fly to the US for resettlement
Twenty-two Manus refugees (including two Iranians) left Port Moresby this morning (26 February) to be resettled in the US. This brings the total number...
Labor must not support Coalition legislation to save offshore processing
Refugee advocates have called on the parliamentary Labor Party not to support any Coalition legislation aimed at saving offshore processing from a successful High...
Refugee groups reject Sri Lankan government allegations against “Alex”
Media Release
November 7
Refugee groups have condemned the statements from the Sri Lankan government alleging that Alex is a people smuggler. “It is the Sri...
More protests and hunger strike in Nauru as conditions deteriorate
Another 38 asylum seekers, Iranian and Afghan, arrived in Nauru this morning (Friday 19 October) taking the number of asylum seekers, in the increasingly...
