Port Moresby refugees protest phone card cuts
Refugees transferred to Port Moresby for medical reasons staged "Day 1" of protest action outside the Australian Border Force office at the motel where...
Manus: Mike compound ends its hunger strike
The compound that started the mass hunger strike on Manus Island has ended their hunger strike – 13 days after it began – for...
Tragedy avoided but minister must release Saeed and all those indefinitely detained
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the news that Iranian hunger striker, Saeed Hansonloo, has ended his hunger strike.
Now the Minister must release Saeed,...
Tamil Christmas Island protest wins visas refugee advocates call for UNHCR refugees to be...
Media Release January 8, 2010
Late Thursday afternoon (7 January), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship announced that 16 Sri Lankans and 5 Afghan asylum...
Refugee group demands access to Nauru returning Sri Lankan asylum seeker
Media reports that a Sri Lankan asylum seeker from Nauru is about to be returned to Sri Lanka has raised serious concerns that the...
REFUGEE ACTIVISTS CONDEMN INTIMIDATION OF DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKERS
Refugee activists, part of the refugee convergence in Darwin have condemned the threats and intimidation of asylum seekers in the Northern Immigration Detention Centre...
Machete-wielding locals threaten to kill Manus asylum seekers
A threatening incident, just one day after the release of the Cornall report of the February 17 attack on asylum seekers, at the Manus...
Nauru and Manus Island now full – Pacific Solution 2.0 in tatters
With the arrival of three more asylum boats in the last 24 hours, the total number of asylum seekers reaching Australia since 13 August...
WHILE POLITICIANS PLAY POLITICAL FOOTBALL WITH REFUGEES, CHRISTMAS ISLAND MENTAL ILLNESS TOLL KEEPSÂ RISING
Media Release August 10, 2010
Two attempted suicides among Tamil asylum seekers and the fear of permanent damage to another individual hunger striker last week...
Hunger strike against prison conditions in Melbourne detention; video footage exposes guard thuggery
Around 200 detainees in MITA North, the new high security compound inside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), have begun a hunger strike in...
