Twenty-five years after Tampa: Naoero engulfed by another humanitarian crisis
Thirty-nine asylum seekers on Naoero have written a letter to the Australian government urging the government to act to end the humanitarian crisis on Naoero. The letter reveals ‘the total lack of security and sub-human conditions that we are forced to endure’.
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...
Nauru authorities ignore eight-year-old after father wrongly arrested
Two examples from Nauru reveal the lack of law and order and child services and protection on Nauru.
One 44-year-old Iranian refugee father has been...
Christmas Island asylum seekers left without water or guards
Around 20 asylum seekers now in White 2 compound on Christmas Island have been left without enough food or water for more than the...
Minister playing loose with Nauru asylum and self-harm figures
The attempt by the Immigration Minister and The Weekend Australian (February 6-7) to link self-harm on Nauru with family members being brought to Australia...
Detainee suicides in Yongah Hill – negligence claims another life
An Iraqi detainee has committed suicide in Yongah Hill detention centre outside Perth.
The man was found in his cell at around 5.30pm Western Australia...
Refugee advocates demand “open the borders” to Iranians: end Labor’s shameful Iranian visa ban
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s announcement that Australia will impose a six-month ban on entry from Iran temporary tourist visa holders is a shameful continuation of a “deter and deny” policy.
Pakistani minor attempts suicide rather than be returned to Nauru
A 16 year-old Pakistani asylum seeker from Parichinar, has attempted suicide at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) centre last night, Tuesday 12 August.
It...
Morrison’s hiding the truth about detention protest. Abbott guilty of refugee war crimes
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told a media conference that the protest on Christmas Island was “under control”.
Communication with asylum seekers on Christmas Island is...
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...
