Manus Island message to people of Australia
The Refugee Action Coalition has received the message below (and attached) signed by hundreds of asylum seekers in Delta and Fox compounds, also attached)...
Nauru cancels refugee day
The Nauru government has cancelled its World Refugee Day event scheduled for Wednesday, 20 June.
The cancellation is not surprising; there is little sign of...
ASIO gets it wrong again – minister must release all ASIO negative refugees: Coalition...
Another Tamil refugee, detained for four years as a result of an adverse ASIO security assessment has been released from detention on 3 September,...
Immigration Minister plays to the Liberals’ refugee policies
Refugee groups have accused the Immigration Minister, Tony Burke, of playing politics with asylum seeker policy.
“Tony Burke is singing the same misleading song as...
Twenty-seven refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-seven refugees left Nauru this morning bound for Port Moresby, the first leg of a 50-hour long journey to be resettled in the USA....
Manus crisis reaching breaking point as mental distress worsens
Conditions are reaching breaking point on Manus Island. This morning, Monday 24 June, two incidents of self-harm within hours have set the scene for...
TAMPA DAY RALLY TO SUPPORT NAURU-BOUND HUNGER STRIKERS
A Brisbane rally called by the Refugee Action Collective for 1pm, Sunday 26th August, Brisbane Square to mark Tampa Day will also declare its...
Manus must be closed and all Manus prisoners must be returned to Australia
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the announcement from PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill that the Manus Island detention will be closed soon.
But the...
Asylum seekers deaths on the government’s hands. Government policy is costing lives. Now we...
After all the politicians’ crocodile tears about the deaths of asylum seekers at sea, the West Australian coroner has declared that Australia’s own rescue...
Close Nauru hell-hole – two attempted suicides
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Nauru detention will be expanded and that more family groups will be...
