Nauru protests continue – attempted suicide, hunger strike, and lips still stitched

Despite the announcement that refugee assessments could start with the next two weeks, protests by asylum seekers on Nauru continue. One asylum seeker still...

SERCO CANCELS ASYLUM SEEKERS’ HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS FOR “TALKING”

“A disgraceful incident at Broome hospital today (Wednesday) has highlighted the contemptuous attitude of Serco staff to the welfare of asylum seekers they have...

Thirty Villawood Serco guards stood down after Casula Crossroads party link

Around 30 Serco guards at the Villawood detention centre have been stood down to self-isolate after up to fifty Serco workers attended a Villawood...

Dutton lies, refugees die

Despite the Immigration Minister’s attempts to deflect the blame, it is the government that is responsible for the appalling conditions they have created on...

Scott Morrison loose with the truth on Manus refugee processing

At an Operation Sovereign Borders media briefing on Friday, 29 November, Operation Sovereign Borders, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, in the process of boosting arrangements...

Yongah hill locked down after Afghan asylum seeker dies overnight

Yongah Hill detention centre is in lockdown, and Serco’s riot squad has been mobilised following the death of a 27 year-old Afghan asylum seeker...

Court action for eight more screened out Tamil asylum seekers

Court documents have been lodged with the Federal Court in Sydney this (Wednesday) afternoon on behalf of eight screened-out Tamil asylum seekers on Christmas...

Merak asylum seekers appeal to Red Cross for humanitarian aid

Media Release November 25 Refugee advocates in touch with the asylum seekers on the boat at Merak, Indonesia, have refuted media claims that there has...

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...

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...