Stand-off in Wickham Point detention centre to prevent Nauru transfer
Around 70 asylum seekers are blockading Sun compound in the Wickham Point detention centre to try to prevent mostly asylum seeker families from being...
LEGAL RIGHTS IGNORED AS FEDERAL POLICE INTERROGATE ASYLUM SEEKERS
Media Release, 23 March 2011
Refugee supporters and lawyers are extremely concerned that Federal Police are ignoring the legal rights of asylum seekers as they...
Protest, self harm escalates on Manus Island
Manus Island detention centre is engulfed in the largest protests in a year, as more asylum seekers join the hunger strike.
Sudanese asylum seekers in...
COVID outbreak in Melbourne detention centre; Ardern must push for release of New Zealanders
There are at least eight positive COVID cases in the Bass 2 compound of Melbourne's MITA detention centre in Broadmeadows.Â
Refugee group’s call: Stop all Manus Island transfers
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling on the in-coming Immigration Minister Brendan O’Connor to immediately halt all transfers of asylum seekers to Manus Island.
“The...
Fourteen Medevac refugees begin hunger strike protest
Fourteen refugees brought from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac legislation in 2019 have begun a hunger strike in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation...
Salvation Army steps up harassment and restrictions on internet on Nauru
Anger is also growing at the Salvation Army increasing its restrictions on asylum seekers use of the internet.
Not content with reducing the hours asylum...
Biggest yet protests on Manus Island: Lawyers arrive but protests greet Julie Bishop
The daily protests that began on Manus Island on 25 January continue to grow.
Reports from inside the detention say that yesterday, the day Foreign...
Over 1100 doctors and health professionals call for release of refugees and asylum seekers...
A letter signed by 1183 health care professionals has been sent to the Minister of Home Affairs calling for the release of asylum seekers...
Border Force moves against refugee protests at Kangaroo Point
Border Force has confiscated protest banners from refugees, and closed the second floor balcony of the Kangaroo Point hotel, where refugees had been holding...
