ADVERSE SECURITY REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE: DARWIN PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR ASIO REVIEW
Just after midnight Monday night (15 August), a 29 year old Tamil refugee was taken from Villawood detention centre, to hospital, after swallowing cleaning...
Grave fears for life of Iranian asylum seeker: shocking callous Facebook comment reveals Serco...
Grave fears are held for the life on Iranian asylum seeker, Saeed Hassan Loo, who is believed to have been refusing fluids for the...
Manus asylum seekers petition Palmer over new TPV laws
More than 100 asylum seekers on Manus Island have sent Clive Palmer a hand-written letter (letter with names redacted below) appealing for him not...
Government rattled by PNG Supreme Court action – unpopular Turnbull turns to refugee bashing
The Turnbull government’s announcement that it intends to ban for life, asylum seekers and refugees, who attempted to travel to Australia by boat after...
Urgent action needed: Airline pilot refuses to take Egyptian asylum seeker being deported
Yesterday, Friday 5 July, the pilot of an Etihad airliner at Sydney thwarted government attempts to deport an Egyptian asylum seeker, when the pilot...
Nauru refugee sets himself on fire
A 36-year-old Pakistani refugee on Nauru has been badly burned after he set fire to himself in a suicide attempt, this morning, Friday 23...
Refugee Action Coalition rejects Nauru government criticisms
The Refugee Action Coalition rejects the assertions of the Nauruan government made in a press release specifically attacking the Refugee Action Coalition.
"The press release...
Australian government figures reveal US resettlement deal over 400 places short
According to the latest update from Operation Sovereign Borders, the combined number of refugees on Nauru and Manus Island is 1687.
http://newsroom.border.gov.au/channels/Operation-Sovereign-Borders/releases/operation-sovereign-borders-monthly-update-january-3
The White House...
LEGAL EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO STOP GOVERNMENT DEPORTING TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKERS
Documents have been lodged in the Melbourne Federal Magistrates Court this morning (Thursday) seeking an injunction to prevent the government removing a Tamil asylum...
Curtin asylum seekers petition Morrison for bridging visas
Sixty asylum seekers in Curtin detention centre have sent a letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison appealing for the...
