ANOTHER VILLAWOOD REFUGEE ROOF TOP PROTEST

FIFTEEN NOW IN THE ROOF TOP PROTEST AT VILLAWOOD By 8.30pm Wednesday night, there were fifteen asylum seekers on the roof in Villawood detention centre....

Stop the deportations, End Australia’s gulag: Close Nauru

The announcement that the first ‘NZYQ deportee’ has successfully been sent to Nauru has opened a new era of Labor government-facilitated human rights abuse.

House fire in Nauru family camp

A fire has broken out in one of the units inside the family camp, RPC 3, on Nauru. It is understood that the Iranian woman...

MORE PROTESTS AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND

For the third day in a row, asylum seekers have initiated protests inside the Christmas Island detention centre. This (Thursday) afternoon, asylum seekers in...

Dodgy migration agent; dodgy travel documents behind Morrison’s attempted deportation

Inquiries made today (Monday 23 December), to the Iraqi embassy in Canberra by the Refugee Action Coalition have confirmed that Iraq will not issue...

Rooftop protest begins at Villawood detention centre

At least four immigration detainees have begun a rooftop protest in the Blaxland compound of the Villawood detention centre. (Video clip available on request....

Electricity cut on Manus as Dutton extends the siege

All electricity generators have been removed from all compounds at the Manus detention centre this morning (Wednesday, 1 November) as Dutton extends the brutal...

REFUGEE GROUP SUBMISSION CALLS FOR GUARANTEED RESETTLEMENT FROM INDONESIA

The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC NSW) has condemned the Minister for Immigration for dismissing calls for asylum seekers to be processed in Indonesia. RAC’s submission...

Three refugees in hospital after fourteen days on hunger strike

Concerns are growing for the welfare of 10 Medevac refugees in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) who have been on hunger strike protest...

Tragedy avoided but minister must release Saeed and all those indefinitely detained

The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the news that Iranian hunger striker, Saeed Hansonloo, has ended his hunger strike. Now the Minister must release Saeed,...