PNG refugees face eviction as all services cut

Refugee service providers (including medical provider PIH) have sent a letter to PNG immigration threatening PNG refugees with eviction from 23 November.

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...

REFUGEE GROUPS SLAM GILLARD’S REVIVAL OF MALAYSIA DEAL

CALL ON SUPPORTERS TO RALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO AND AT ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN DECEMBER Refugee groups have today slammed the Gillard Government's...

Eight years after neglect killed Faysal, Labor continues the abuse of PNG refugees

Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 27-year-old Sudanese refugee, died in a Brisbane hospital in 2016 after suffering months of medical neglect on Manus Island. 

VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUNGER STRIKE IN DARWIN

It is believed at least a dozen Vietnamese asylum seekers in Darwin’s Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) are on hunger strike. The hunger strike highlights...

Another 25 Medevac refugees released in Brisbane

Twenty-five Medevac refugees are being released on bridging visas in Brisbane this morning (2 March) - 23 from Kangaroo Point and 2 from the Brisbane...

One more confirmed COVID case at Park hotel as refugees locked down

One more refugee has been confirmed with Covid at lunchtime today (Tuesday 19 October) as most refugees in the Park hotel in Melbourne are...

PNG opposition leader mounts legal challenge to Manus Island as another asylum seeker attempts...

On Friday, 18 January, the PNG Opposition leader, Belden Namah, launched a constitutional challenge to the Manus Island detention centre with documents lodged in...

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...

Manus in Mental Health Meltdown

A heart-breaking suicide note written by Fares, a 31-year-old Sudanese refugee who attempted to hang himself this morning on Manus Island, is just the...