Fears for two-week old refugee baby on Nauru

There are serious concerns for the welfare of a two-week baby boy on Nauru. The baby was born to Iranian refugees on 12 January....

Nauru refugees defy savage new anti-protest law

Hundreds of refugees on Nauru have staged a protest (see photo) against offshore processing in defiance of a new law (see pdf here) that...

REFUGEE ADVOCATES CONDEMN UNFOLDING CRUELTY OF MALAYSIA DEAL, CALL PROTEST AT ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The treatment of the first 54 asylum seekers set to be deported to Malaysia under the Australian Government's so-called "Malaysia Solution" confirms why this...

Nauru: refugees to march on Australian High Commission

More than 100 refugees are expected to march from their family compound to the Australian High Commission office in Nauru, today (Monday 29 September)...

Urgent action to stop asylum seeker deportation

An emergency protest has been called at the Air China Sydney office at 1:30pm, (20 February), Air China Sydney Office, 25/123 Pitt Street Sydney...

Armed Raskols terrorise asylum seekers in Port Moresby

On Tuesday, 20 April, an early morning attack on a Port Moresby apartment accommodation by an armed rascal gang in Port Moresby has left...

Two weeks: Nauru hunger strike, lip stitching protest continues

Eight Iranian asylum seekers are into their 15th day with their lips stitched. And between 20 and 30 asylum seekers (including those with stitched...

Vietnamese asylum seeker attempts suicide after interview by Vietnamese police

A Vietnamese asylum seeker attempted to hang himself at the Yongah Hill detention centre, outside Perth, yesterday, Wednesday 28 August. His suicide attempt came the...

CURTIN HUNGER STRIKE ENDS BUT MANDATORY DETENTION ‘SLOWLY KILLS’

The protest hunger strike at Curtin detention centre ended around 1.30pm, Tuesday. The protest action had involved hundreds of asylum seekers over three days. On...

PNG removes appeal rights for asylum seekers: more threatened with deportation

In what seems to be a knee-jerk response to the Supreme Court constitutional challenge to Manus Island, the Papua New Guinea Immigration department has...