ASIO-negative refugee starts hunger strike in Melbourne detention
The Tamil refugee who successfully challenged the government in the recent High Court case over ASIO security assessments is on his third day of...
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...
Arbitrary refugee decisions expose Manus assessment farce
Despite various threats over the years that they would be denied protection and deported, around 60 asylum seekers on Manus Island have consistently refused...
No one left behind! Thousands to rally in Canberra for permanent visas
More than 1000 refugees will rally outside Parliament House in Canberra to demand permanent visas.
BOWEN’S TALK OF RAISING HUMANITARIAN INTAKE NO MORE THAN CYNICAL POLITICKING AHEAD OF ALP...
The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) has dismissed Chris Bowen’s call for an increase in Australia’s humanitarian intake as nothing more than a shabby political...
17 YEAR OLD ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AHEAD OF MALAYSIA DEPORTATION
A 17 year-old female asylum-seeker due to be deported to Malaysia has attempted suicide in Christmas Island’s Bravo compound.
Reports from Christmas Island indicate that...
Another suicide attempt on Nauru – “the worst it has ever been”
Angry asylum seekers boycott excursions
A suicide attempt this (Thursday) afternoon by one of the hunger strikers on Nauru – the second hanging attempt in two...
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH REFUGEES IN WICKHAM POINT
Seven people from several Australian cities were arrested by Northern Territory police for trying to make contact with refugees inside the Wickham Point Detention...
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...
Another suicide death in Villawood detention
Tragic news from Villawood - an Iraqi asylum seeker has taken his own life.
Around 6.00pm, Monday, 4 March, an Iraqi asylum seeker was...
