Appeal to the Australian government from Merak asylum seekers
Media Release November 18
The asylum seekers on the boat at Merak have issued an appeal to the Australian government. The statement dictated to the...
Asylum seeker attempts suicide on Manus Island
A 23 year-old Iranian asylum seeker on Manus Island attempted suicide on 5 January.
The young man attempted to hang himself with bed sheets in...
Children and families out of detention? – not really!
The government announcement that children and families are to be released from mainland immigration detention is deceptive, selective and half-hearted according to the Refugee...
Orders to close Manus detention likely before the Australian election
A directions hearing in the PNG Supreme Court, on Monday 6 June, has opened the way for explicit orders to close the Manus detention...
CRACK DOWN BEGINS ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND – REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY “OPEN THE GATES”
Media release March 14, 2011
There are disturbing reports from Christmas Island asylum seekers that a number, perhaps 20, of the people who escaped from...
VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUNGER STRIKE IN DARWIN
It is believed at least a dozen Vietnamese asylum seekers in Darwin’s Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) are on hunger strike.
The hunger strike highlights...
REJECTION AND DELAYS PROVOKE HUNGER STRIKE AT CURTIN DETENTION CENTRE
Media release January 18, 2011
Up to 1000 Afghan asylum seekers at the Curtin detention centre have begun a hunger strike today. A group of...
Nauruan refugee girls attacked at school
Three refugee high school girls were confronted by around 15 teenage Nauruan boys around 11.00am, last Friday (5 December) at their class room at...
Manus asylum seekers expel ex-Wilson guards from Hillside camp
Asylum seekers at the Hillside Camp, Manus Island have expelled all ex-Wilson Security guards from their camp area.
Former Wilson’s guards, who used to work...
More lip-stitching as protests on Nauru escalate
Asylum seekers on Nauru are now on their fourth day of a sustained protest, according to information supplied this evening to the Refugee Action...
