REFUGEE ADVOCATES TAKE URGENT LEGAL ACTION TO PREVENT SYRIAN DEPORTATION
Refugee advocates and Syrian democracy supporters are attempting to get urgent legal action to prevent the removal of a former Syrian citizen to Syria.
The...
LONG TERM AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS STAGE MASS HUNGER STRIKE AT PONTVILLE: THREE HOSPITALISED
Frustrations over the Immigration department’s reneging on promises of community detention and bridging visas for long term detainees have spilled over to the Pontville...
ADVERSE SECURITY REFUGEES LODGE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT WITH GENEVA UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
In a significant international challenge to their detention, thirty-nine refugees who have been refused visas because of ASIO adverse security findings will lodge a...
LABOR’S SHAME: OFF-SHORE PROCESSING LEGISLATION RE-OPENS A HELL-HOLE
“The passing of off-shore processing legislation allowing asylum seekers to be expelled to Nauru and Manus Island will go down as a day of...
Pakistan agrees to repatriate Manus refugee body
The Australian Pakistan embassy has agreed to take responsibility to arrange for Kamil Hussain’s body to be repatriated to Pakistan.
A letter from the...
GOVERNMENT’S BRIDGING VISA ANNOUNCEMENT IS A PIECEMEAL, FIRST STEP BUT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO...
The Immigration Minister’s announcement that asylum seekers are being released from detention on bridging visas has been welcomed as a very modest first step...
Refugee group condemns return of Tamil asylum seekers
The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) has condemned the return of 18 Tamils to Sri Lanka on Saturday morning and called on the government to...
Nauru protest calls for immediate processing and to close the detention centre
Asylum seekers recently transferred to Nauru held a peaceful, but very vocal, protest yesterday (Sunday) afternoon to coincide with a rally in Sydney against...
Refugee groups reject Sri Lankan government allegations against “Alex”
Media Release
November 7
Refugee groups have condemned the statements from the Sri Lankan government alleging that Alex is a people smuggler. “It is the Sri...
SECOND REPORT SAYS SRI LANKA IS UNSAFE
Media release May 18, 2010
REFUGEE GROUPS CALL FOR END OF VISA FREEZE AND TO STOP TAMIL DEPORTATIONS
The second report in less than a month...
