Refugee advocates fear for Iranians facing deportation
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 19 January, at the Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre near Darwin, Serco guards raided the rooms of...
Refugee activists bring in the New Year with protest at Chris Bowen’s office
Neither Malaysia nor Nauru; Lift the refugee quota, without conditions
Tuesday 10 January, 1.00-2.30pm, 398 Hamilton Rd, Fairfield West
Speakers include: Ian Rintoul (RAC), Jenny Haines...
Pakistan agrees to repatriate Manus refugee body
The Australian Pakistan embassy has agreed to take responsibility to arrange for Kamil Hussain’s body to be repatriated to Pakistan.
A letter from the...
Immigration manager dismisses hunger strikers
A meeting between the fifteen Darwin hunger strikers and the Northern Regional Manager, Robin Gray, yesterday (Thursday) afternoon ended in dismay.
A meeting with the...
Merak Refugee supporters call for the immediate release of a Canadian and two Australians...
Media Release January 26, 2010
Refugee groups are demanding the immediate release of two Australian citizens and a Canadian national who were detained this afternoon...
Dutton lies, refugees die
Despite the Immigration Minister’s attempts to deflect the blame, it is the government that is responsible for the appalling conditions they have created on...
Christmas Island peaceful protest forcibly suppressed
Australian Federal Police dressed in riot gear have forcibly suppressed the peaceful protest on Christmas Island.
Around 11.00am yesterday (Monday 2 June), the riot squad...
A new era? Or has Rudd moved to the right on refugees?
Refugee advocacy groups have reacted with alarm at Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s comments regarding asylum seekers on the ABC’s Lateline program.
Carr’s declaration that the...
Refugee attempts suicide at Kangaroo Point hotel-prison
A Somali refugee who attempted suicide in the early hours of Saturday, 24 October, was taken to the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA)...
Merak refugees and the Indonesian Solution should head the agenda for Indonesia state visit
Media Release March 8
“The Merak refugees and the Indonesian Solution, not people smuggling, should be at the top of the agenda for discussions between...
