Nazanin’s family brought to Australia: Now bring all sexual assault victims off Nauru
In May, 2015, Nazanin, a 23 year-old Iranian asylum seeker was raped on Nauru.
It took three months and a medical emergency for the Department...
Another Manus asylum seeker sets himself on fire
A 31-year-old Indian asylum seeker has set fire to himself and his room at the Hillside Compound on Manus Island, around 1.00 pm today...
GILLARD MISSES OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PRINCIPLE AT FRONT OF REFUGEE POLICY
Refugee groups today condemned the Gillard’s government’s announcement that it intends to change the laws to get around the High Court decision that the...
Asylum seekers Palm Sunday protest on Nauru
Asylum seekers, men, women and children on Nauru have staged a two-hour long protest at the gates of the family detention compound, RPC3. The...
Second refugee protest: Nauru non-cooperation campaign continues
More than 100 refugees from camps right across the island staged their second protest in three days, this afternoon, Sunday 1 March.
The protest was...
VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUNGER STRIKE IN DARWIN
It is believed at least a dozen Vietnamese asylum seekers in Darwin’s Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) are on hunger strike.
The hunger strike highlights...
Last children leave Nauru, 19 refugees fly to the US
Nineteen Nauru refugees, including the last four refugee children, have left Nauru today, Wednesday 27 February, to be resettled in the US. This brings...
AUSTRALIAN ROHINGYAN REFUGEE FEAR FOR FAMILIES MISSING IN BURMA VIOLENCE
The anti-Rohingyan violence in Arakan province is directly affecting Rohingyan refugees in Australia.
The family of a Rohingyan refugee, Habibrahman, presently in detention in Darwin...
Hundreds on hunger strike, seven stitch lips as Christmas Island protest spreads
Around 75 asylum seekers who began their protest in solidarity with Reza Barati last Tuesday are in their sixth day of hunger strike –...
Serious concerns for the welfare of Iraqi hunger striker at Yongah Hill
Refugee advocates are seriously concerned for the welfare of a 45 year-old Iraqi asylum seeker who has been on a dry hunger strike at...
