TAMIL DETAINEE ASSAULTED AS TENSIONS BREW IN OVERCROWDED CHRISTMAS ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE
Media Release February 9, 2011
At least one Tamil detainee has been seriously injured on Christmas Island as overcrowding in the detention centre has seen...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES DELEGATION GOES TO DILI TO LOBBY AGANIST EAST TIMOR PROCESSING CENTRE
In response to the most recent announcements from East Timor president Ramos Horta that an East Timor regional processing centre “remains a possibility”, refugee...
Thirty more refugees fly to the US but despair grows
Around 36 refugees have flown from Nauru to the US today, Sunday, 8 July. The refugees are Afghan, Pakistani, Rohingyan and one Tamil family.
There...
Nauru government is covering up rape cases and intimidating Nauru women
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the Nauru government’s public release of a Nauruan police brief of a rape case highlighted on the ABC’s...
Djokovic visa cancellation first time theatre, second time political farce
The government move to cancel Djokovic's visa is sheer political farce.
Immigration minister Alex Hawke's claim that Djokovic's visa has been canceled “on health...
Close Manus petition to be tabled in Senate
Caz Coleman, one of the most prominent advisers to the Coalition and successive Labour governments has described the Manus island and Nauru detention centres...
Two asylum seekers attempt suicide in Melbourne
In a tragic day for the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre, there were two attempted suicides within hours of each other, this...
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)...
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...
Sending asylum families to Nauru a shameful election stunt
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the Labor government’s transfer of asylum seeker families to Nauru.
“This is a shameful election stunt, “ said Ian...
