Eight Manus refugees to the US; hundreds left in limbo; medical crisis continues
Eight refugees, single men previously held on Manus Island, flew from Port Moresby today, Tuesday 18 September, to be resettled in the US.
The eight...
Refugee Action Coalition repudiates allegations by The Australian and Greg Lake
The Australian newspaper’s ongoing attacks against the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) have no basis in fact, RAC spokesperson Ian Rintoul said today.
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Mental health crisis on Manus Island, Labor must back Phelps’ bill
There are now almost daily suicide attempts among refugees on Manus Island, and no medical facilities to cope with the crisis.
The small Pacific...
Immigration detainees take over two compounds in Melbourne detention centre
A major protest has broken out in two compounds of MITA North (Ford and Glenelg), of Melbourne's immigration detention centre in Broadmeadows.
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Immigration separates asylum seeker mother and baby again. Close Nauru: it’s unfit for mothers
An Iranian woman brought from Nauru to Brisbane in April to give birth to a premature baby is only seeing her new born son...
TEAR GAS USED AGAINST PROTEST ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
A major protest, involving a large number of asylum seekers has broken out at the main Christmas Island detention centre overnight, starting around 10pm...
Mobiles to stay in detention centres – for now
This morning, Friday, Justice Rares found that the Federal Court had jurisdiction to consider whether or not the government’s decree to ban mobile phones...
Yongah hill locked down after Afghan asylum seeker dies overnight
Yongah Hill detention centre is in lockdown, and Serco’s riot squad has been mobilised following the death of a 27 year-old Afghan asylum seeker...
PNG supreme court challenge to manus island detention centre
This morning (Wednesday 18 March), 9.30am, the Supreme Court, Port Moresby, will hold its first directions hearing in a new challenge to the Manus...
Seven month standoff ends as Merak asylum seekers forced off boat. Resettlement ball now...
Media Release, April 19, 2010
Indonesian police and navy personnel this afternoon Jakarta time have acted to force almost 200 Tamil asylum seekers off their...
