Another vigilante attack, but Nauru refugees defy repression
Around 350 refugees from camps across the island have staged yet another peaceful protest on Nauru.
The refugees protest inside the Anabare camp began around...
Manus fences being dismantled
Within a couple of hours of a notice being handed to the refugees inside the Manus detention centre, fences around the Mike Compound have...
Shooting breaks out on Manus – Refugees fear for their lives
There are reports that shooting has broken out between the PNG police and locals on the navy base after locals began attacking the detention...
Nauruan refugee shot with air gun pellet and then beaten by locals
A 16 year-old Lebanese refugee has been treated in hospital after being attacked yesterday (Tuesday 14 April), first by a local Nauruan armed with...
Pilot refuses to fly after plane protest by cuffed asylum seeker
Last night (Friday), the pilot of an Air China flight carrying a Chinese asylum seeker made a last minute decision to abandon the take...
Minister delays protection application decision for Sayed Abdellatif
Sayed Abdellatif, the Egyptian asylum seeker who was at the centre of a political storm last year after being wrongly accused of murder, is...
Five Nauru asylum seekers attempt suicide
The Nauru detention camp has been rocked by five asylum seekers attempting suicide in the last five days.
The latest attempted hanging was late last...
Advocates reject Morrison’s TPV blackmail
Refugee advocates have rejected Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s latest push to introduce Temporary Protection Visas.
“The Minister is holding asylum seeker children hostage to the...
LIP STITCHING, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE: TENSIONS REMAIN AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
The recent release of around 19 asylum seekers on community detention has done nothing to ease tensions at the Darwin detention centre.
In the last...
Peaceful march to Australian High Commission on Nauru
Almost 80 refugees staged a peaceful protest march to the Australian High Commission, this afternoon on Nauru.
The protesters chanting "Morrison - shame on you"...
