Nauru hunger strike – seven days; Solidarity protests in four cities Thursday
The mass hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru enters its seventh day today with around 300 people refusing food. The latest statement from...
SECOND TAMIL DEPORTATION AVERTED BY LEGAL ACTION – REFUGEE ADVOCATES SAY DON’T DEPORT TO...
A second attempted removal of a Tamil asylum seeker has been averted after the government gave an undertaking not to remove him until the...
Nauru government evicts Médecins Sans Frontières from the island
The Nauru government has ended the role of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders on the island.
MSF emailed various clients today Saturday,...
MALAYSIA DEPORTEES CALL FOR HELP, DECLARE HUNGER STRIKE ADVOCATES DEMAND ACCESS TO THE ASYLUM...
Refugee advocates tonight received a distressed call for help from one of the asylum seekers being held pending removal to Malaysia.
The short call said...
Nauru refugee in Brisbane burns intensive care unit
Jamal, the 36-year-old Pakistani refugee who set himself on fire on Nauru on Friday morning (23 August) is now in intensive care at the...
ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood
An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself at the Villawood detention centre overnight. The man has been in detention for over three...
Australian government figures reveal US resettlement deal over 400 places short
According to the latest update from Operation Sovereign Borders, the combined number of refugees on Nauru and Manus Island is 1687.
http://newsroom.border.gov.au/channels/Operation-Sovereign-Borders/releases/operation-sovereign-borders-monthly-update-january-3
The White House...
Refugee groups call for end to inhuman asylum policy separating families and pregnant women...
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for an end to the inhuman Immigration Department policy imposed since the 19 July beginning of the PNG...
Nauru 40 days: protest for Omid
Asylum seekers and refugees continue their protest on Nauru - for the fortieth day. This day focussed on Omid.
Chants rang out: We only want...
Border Force moves against refugee protests at Kangaroo Point
Border Force has confiscated protest banners from refugees, and closed the second floor balcony of the Kangaroo Point hotel, where refugees had been holding...
