Iraqi asylum seekers protest on Manus Island
For most of the day, yesterday, Friday, 20 June, Iraqis in at least two compounds in the Manus Island detention centre held peaceful protests...
End Immigration’s siege of Delta compound on Manus: water needed now
Delta Compound has gone 24 hours without drinking water, after Transfield removed the water bottles from outside the fence.
Pictures attached show Delta detainees catching...
Sending asylum families to Nauru a shameful election stunt
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the Labor government’s transfer of asylum seeker families to Nauru.
“This is a shameful election stunt, “ said Ian...
BURMESE ROHINGYA REFUGEE’S HUNGER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK OVER ASIO SECURITY CLEARANCE
After 11 months waiting for his ASIO security clearance, with his wife and four children barely surviving on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Villawood...
Murdered Manus asylum seeker was Faili Kurd
The asylum seeker killed on Monday night in the Manus Island detention centre was a 24 year-old Faili Kurd. He was one of the...
MERAK TAMILS MADE IT TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND. UNHCR PROCESSING BEGINS AT TANJUNG PINANG....
Media Release, April 21 2010
Refugee advocates today confirmed that around 50 Tamil asylum seekers from the boat at Merak made it to Christmas Island...
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...
Manus witch-hunt fails as hunger strike continues into the tenth day
Despite witch-hunts, blacklists, and the arrest of scores of asylum seekers, over 700 asylum seekers remain on hunger strike.
Transfield and the Immigration Department have...
Delays and failure to follow antibiotic guidelines in Kehazaei death
Doctors for refugees media release:
Doctors for Refugees calls for an immediate inquiry into the death of Hamid Kehazaei , following the publication of...
Mothers attempt suicide as conditions deteriorate on Christmas Island
Up to ten mothers in the family camp have attempted suicide in the last two days on Christmas Island – some by hanging, some...
