AS GILLARD MORPHS INTO HOWARD, REFUGEE PROTEST: “RETURN OF THE LIBERAL DEAD”
The Refugee Action Coalition is holding a “zombie” protest at the Sydney Department of Immigration offices, 22 Lee Street, City, beginning 12.30pm Friday 13...
Protests for freedom begin on Manus
Protests have begun inside the Manus detention centre - at Mike and Fox Compounds on Thursday, and today Friday 13 May, in Delta and...
Bangladeshi asylum seeker on bridging visa suicides in Lakemba
A 33-year-old Bangladeshi asylum seeker, Mohammad Mohsin, has committed suicide, at a mosque in Lakemba, on Sunday, 20 October.
Mohammad arrived by boat in 2013,...
TWO YEARS IN DETENTION: BURMESE REFUGEE STARTS DARWIN ROOF TOP PROTEST
A Burmese refugee in detention two weeks short of two years began a roof top protest at the Darwin detention centre Sunday night, 23...
Australian humanitarian visa application forms confiscated, as Merak asylum seeker “disappears” after arrest at hospital
Media Release December 28
Refugee activists in Indonesia are extremely concerned at the fate of one of the Tamil Merak asylum seekers, “Sammy”, who was...
GILLARD MISSES OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PRINCIPLE AT FRONT OF REFUGEE POLICY
Refugee groups today condemned the Gillard’s government’s announcement that it intends to change the laws to get around the High Court decision that the...
Protest vigils for Salim—murdered on Manus by Peter Dutton
Protest vigils for Salim, the 52 year-old Rohingya refugee who was killed on Manus Island last Tuesday (22 May) will be held today, Friday...
Manus petition handed to Chief Justice of PNG Supreme Court
A petition signed by 368 Manus asylum seekers and refugees has been handed to the office of the Chief Justice of the PNG Supreme...
REFUGEE GROUPS CALL FOR DEFEAT OF THIRD COUNTRY PROCESSING LEGISLATION
Refugee advocacy groups have called for the biggest possible vote to ensure the defeat of the Labor government’s latest amendments to the Migration Act.
“Julia...
Twenty three refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-three refugees flew from Nauru to the US today, Sunday 22 July.
The group includes two Rohingyan families, one couple with their three...
