Government rattled by PNG Supreme Court action – unpopular Turnbull turns to refugee bashing
The Turnbull government’s announcement that it intends to ban for life, asylum seekers and refugees, who attempted to travel to Australia by boat after...
Kangaroo Point refugees now being moved to Melbourne detention
Seventeen Medevac refugees, twelve of those who were forcibly shifted from Kangaroo Point to BITA detention centre last Friday, were woken at 4.00am this...
DARWIN ROOF-TOP PROTEST ENDS
After seven days, the roof top protest by five asylum seekers at Darwin detention centre ended this morning (Wednesday 20 July), after Immigration officials...
Not Malaysia, Not Nauru – Refugee group condemns Abbott’s refugee-bashing trip to Nauru
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned Tony Abbott’s trip to Nauru as a cheap publicity stunt.
“No doubt Abbott hopes the media will follow him...
Morrison’s backflip blows hole in Operation Sovereign Borders
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the government’s announcement that the 157 asylum seekers are to be brought ashore.
The move represents a dramatic back-flip by...
Nauru asylum seeker medivacced after bashing
An Iranian asylum seeker, brutally bashed by Nauruan locals on Tuesday, was medivacced to Australia yesterday, Wednesday, 23 January.
Refugees who saw him said...
Screening-out starts again? Bangladesh asylum seekers face immediate deportation
The screening out process used by the Federal Labor government to deport hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers last year seems to have re-activated...
Security guards attack Manus compounds
Security guards including PNG locals began attacking peaceful protests in Oscar and Delta Compounds on Manus Island around 4pm Manus Island time – see...
Home Affairs faces criminal charges alleging health neglect in Immigration detention
On Tuesday 15 March, a Sydney Local Court magistrate is expected to set down a hearing date for the charges, laid in March last...
Nauru refugee protest disrupts Dutton dinner
A government dinner for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, hosted by the President of Nauru, was disrupted after refugees discovered Dutton at the restaurant adjacent...
