Manus crisis reaching breaking point as mental distress worsens
Conditions are reaching breaking point on Manus Island. This morning, Monday 24 June, two incidents of self-harm within hours have set the scene for...
Protest at High Court offshore detention hearing, Manus Island asylum seekers unsafe as PNG...
The Refugee Action Coalition has called a protest at the Sydney Law Courts Building in Macquarie Street, for 9.00am Friday, 9 May.
The protest will...
VILLAWOOD DEPORTEE BEATEN
REFUGEE GROUPS CALL ON MINISTER TO HALT VILLAWOOD DEPORTATION – COMPLEMENTARY PROTECTION LEGISLATION COULD SAVE HIM
BRUTAL ACTION A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME FOR...
Refugee advocates reject absurd detention mobile phone claims
Refugee advocates have rejected claims by Commissioner Quaedvlieg that the use of mobile phones is linked to criminal behaviour.
“The mobile phone ban is...
Urgent medevac needed for PNG refugee
Refugee activists are calling for the government to act urgently to medevac a Kurdish-Iranian refugee, Hatam Yekta, from Port Moresby to Australia.
TENSION RISES AGAIN AS DETENTION TOLL OF SELF HARM AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE MOUNTS IN...
Refugee advocates are calling for a specific inquiry into the Darwin detention centre as reports of more cases of attempted suicide and self harm...
Fears for Tamil asylum seekers – one disappears in Sri Lanka and Indonesian navy...
Media Release December 3
Refugee advocates are calling on the Australian government and the International Orgnaisation of Migration to urgently intervene to guarantee the safety...
Staff tribute to dead asylum seeker Reza Berati
The statement below was written on behalf of Manus Island detention centre as a tribute to the murdered asylum seeker, Reza Berati (pictured).
"Today's harrowing...
Border Force moves against refugee protests at Kangaroo Point
Border Force has confiscated protest banners from refugees, and closed the second floor balcony of the Kangaroo Point hotel, where refugees had been holding...
Manus refugees dig in to defy siege
Manus refugees are literally digging in as they prepare to survive the government siege of the Manus detention centre.
The video clips below give a snapshot...
