Another COVID scare at Melbourne’s MITA detention centre
Another Serco guard at Melbourne’s MITA detention has tested positive sparking another Covid scare inside the detention centre.
Border Force officers began notifying people identified...
Villawood roof-top stand off continues
Three Fijian asylum seekers remain on the roof at the Villawood detention centre, this (Wednesday) morning, for the third day.
One of the three, Clare,...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY NO RETURN TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Media Release, 17 February, 2011
Refugee supporters and relatives of the survivors’ relatives again gathered at the Miowera Road gates of Villawood detention centre at...
Nauruan refugee starts crane protest
An Iranian refugee, Reza Khestinzhad, (44 years old) has scaled the tallest crane on Nauru - on the construction site for refugee accommodation -...
CRUEL RETURN TO DISCREDITED HOWARD POLICIES IF HOUSTON POLICIES IMPLEMENTED
The Refugee Action Coalition has strongly condemned the Houston panel’s recommendations for offshore processing as made public at their press conference this afternoon.
“Mr Houston...
Teachers demand an end to all the secrecy provisions of the Border Force Act
Teachers for Refugees today welcomed the government's amendments of 30 September to the Border Force Act which exempt "Health Professionals" from its notorious "secrecy...
Iranian asylum seeker found dead in Villawood detention centre
An Iranian asylum seeker was found dead in his room in Hume compound of the Villawood detention around 1.00pm, Saturday 26 March.
It is understood...
ASYLUM BOAT TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED: POLICY CHANGE CAN SAVE LIVES
From the timeline of contacts between Australian authorities and the capsized asylum boat indicated by Home Affairs Ministers, Jason Clare, it seems that more...
Advocates reject Morrison’s TPV blackmail
Refugee advocates have rejected Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s latest push to introduce Temporary Protection Visas.
“The Minister is holding asylum seeker children hostage to the...
Nauru ninth day of mass hunger strike: ‘We are still strong’ but fears grow...
Despite efforts by Wilson Security and some Salvation Army workers, around 300 people remain on the mass hunger strike on Nauru.
Reports from the detention...
