Immigration threatens forced transfer on Manus asylum seeker deemed to be refugee
Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian asylum seeker, has never made an application for protection since he was forcibly transferred from Christmas Island to Manus Island...
Overdose death at Villawood detention centre
An African immigration detainee was found dead in his room at Villawood this morning.
PNG refugees face eviction as all services cut
Refugee service providers (including medical provider PIH) have sent a letter to PNG immigration threatening PNG refugees with eviction from 23 November.
“Stand-off” continues and tension grows on Christmas Island
Around 50 people have spent the night on the oval (green zone) of Christmas Island detention centre, as more police and Serco guards gather...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY NO RETURN TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Media Release, 17 February, 2011
Refugee supporters and relatives of the survivors’ relatives again gathered at the Miowera Road gates of Villawood detention centre at...
CRACK DOWN BEGINS ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND – REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY “OPEN THE GATES”
Media release March 14, 2011
There are disturbing reports from Christmas Island asylum seekers that a number, perhaps 20, of the people who escaped from...
More lip-stitching as protests on Nauru escalate
Asylum seekers on Nauru are now on their fourth day of a sustained protest, according to information supplied this evening to the Refugee Action...
More screened out asylum seekers under threat – urgent call on to halt imminent...
Around 50 asylum seekers brought from Christmas Island to Darwin this morning may be the next group of screened out asylum seekers bound to...
Hundreds of TPV refugees to protest at Parliament House
Hundreds of Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) holders, and protection visa applicants from around Australia will converge on Canberra...
Police and locals run amok on Manus Island: scores injured; fears for the lives...
Scores of asylum seekers have been injured, some seriously as gangs of armed PNG police and locals go from compound to compound attacking any...
