Nauru asylum protests continue as self-harm casualties increase
Reports from the Nauru Detention Centre reveal the centre again is spiralling into crisis. The nightly protests of up to 150 asylum seekers, including...
Detention protest spreads nationally
Hundreds of immigration detainees in detention centres across the country have begun a hunger strike protest this morning, Monday 21 January.
Detainees in the Villawood,...
Seventeen Manus refugees fly to US for resettlement
Seventeen refugees, held on Manus Island for almost five years, flew from Port Moresby today, Tuesday 16 October, to be resettled in the US.
The...
STILL WAITING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SOLUTION: LABOR MUST ABANDON OFF-SHORE PROCESSING. GILLARD COMPROMISES INDEPENDENT...
Media Release July 7, 2010
Refugee groups have condemned Julia Gillard’s new direction for the processing of asylum seekers. Nothing in her speech addressed the...
Refugee group urges government to act quickly to protect defecting Zimbabwean ambassador
The Refugee Action Coalition is urging the Coalition to act quickly to grant a protection visa to the defecting Zimbabwean ambassador to Australian, Jacqueline...
NSW Police and City of Sydney Council threatening civil liberties in the CBD
In a further crack-down on civil liberties in NSW, NSW Police have prevented a human-rights march through the Pitt St Mall on July 20.
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THREE DEATHS IN THREE MONTHS: REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR URGENT INQUIRY
Initial information below that David was an international student was incorrect, he was on a 501 visa cancellation (most likely for criminal reasons) but...
Labor must stop the removal of Chinese asylum seeker
The Albanese government is attempting to remove a 31-year-old Chinese asylum seeker who arrived in Melbourne less than 24 hours ago.
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...
Advocates call for detention centre visits to resume
Refugee supporters are calling for Border Force to end visiting restrictions at detention centres and hotel-prisons and immediately reinstate detention visiting.
Despite declaring detention centres...
