Manus fences being dismantled
Within a couple of hours of a notice being handed to the refugees inside the Manus detention centre, fences around the Mike Compound have...
Nauru protest calls for immediate processing and to close the detention centre
Asylum seekers recently transferred to Nauru held a peaceful, but very vocal, protest yesterday (Sunday) afternoon to coincide with a rally in Sydney against...
Stand-off in Wickham Point detention centre to prevent Nauru transfer
Around 70 asylum seekers are blockading Sun compound in the Wickham Point detention centre to try to prevent mostly asylum seeker families from being...
PNG Manus report self-serving cover-up – there was no riot on Monday 17...
PNG police excluded from detention centre
Reports of the contents of the PNG report into the brutal attacks on asylum seekers on Manus Island continues...
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...
More pressure on Manus refugees to move but nowhere to go
PNG Immigration and Australia’s Border Force are stepping up the pressure on Manus refugees and asylum seekers in an effort to force them out...
Hunger strike protest spreads from Melbourne to Yongah Hill
Immigration detainees at two compounds of Yongah Hill (outside Perth) have begun a hunger strike (Monday 14 January) in protest against detention conditions.
On the...
Arrested Nauru refugees held overnight: human rights observers needed
Almost 200 refugees including up to 80 women have been held in detention overnight after mass arrests on Nauru, throughout Wednesday, 4 March.
The underage...
Refugee advocates call for independent inquiry into Manus death
Refugee advocates are deeply concerned at PNG police statements that they have ruled out "foul play" in regard to the death of Hamed.
"It is...
Almost 300 more asylum seekers join PNG constitutional challenge to Manus detention
PNG lawyer, Ben Lomai, will today (Friday, 26 February) file another 287 submissions from Manus Island asylum seekers to join them to a PNG...
