Villawood suicide: detention claims another victim
A 33 year-old refugee, from Sierra Leone has hanged himself in Villawood Detention Centre. He was found in his room around 4.30pm, this afternoon,...
Morrison backflips over screening out and Iranian deportation threats
All eight of the Iranian asylum seekers screened-out and threatened with deportation have been screened in just a day before the first scheduled removal.
The...
Nauru hunger strike enters fourth day – another protest today
The hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru has entered its fourth day, with around 300, more than three-quarters of the asylum seekers, refusing...
Almost 300 more asylum seekers join PNG constitutional challenge to Manus detention
PNG lawyer, Ben Lomai, will today (Friday, 26 February) file another 287 submissions from Manus Island asylum seekers to join them to a PNG...
Resettlement farce as Manus refugees face more threats
The latest notice on Manus Island (at right) announces the next stage in trying to force refugees out of the detention centre and into...
Students protest Bishop and Carr outside China Institute opening at UTS
Students from UTS and Sydney University held a protest today outside the opening of the Australia-China Relations Institute to highlight the cruel treatment of...
PACIFIC SOLUTION 2.0 STILL COSTING LIVES ANOTHER REFUGEE BOAT TRAGEDY ANOTHER NEED FOR AN...
The Refuge Action Coalition has renewed its call for a full independent inquiry into Australia’s response to safety-of-life-at-sea (SOLAS) situations involving asylum boats.
The latest...
Massive Manus protest joins Nauru day 56
Prisoners in all the compounds of Manus Island detention centre have staged a joint protest inside the detention centre.
Despite the rain, hundereds joined the...
Rooftop protest continues on Christmas Island
Two Iranian asylum seekers have spent a second night on the roof of the Green 1 compound inside the Christmas Island detention centre. (The...
Closure threats stepped up on Manus Island
PNG Immigration has announced its intention to close Foxtrot Compound inside the Manus detention centre as of today, 26 July. The notice (at right)...
