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...
Another refugee dies on Manus
A 52 year-old Rohingyan refugee has died on Manus Island.
Reports indicate that the refugee was killed after he jumped from a moving bus and...
Refugees to rally at Tony Burke’s office for permanent visas
Hundreds of refugees and supporters will hold a pre-election rally at Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke’s Punchbowl Office, this Sunday 9 March 2pm to call for permanent visas for all refugees and to oppose the Labor’s anti-refugee and deportation laws.
SCHERGER HUNGER STRIKE UPDATE
By Saturday afternoon, the number of hunger strikers at the Scherger detention centre is estimated to be 95.
However their physical condition continues to deteriorate....
Nauru crisis continues – 13 collapse, three in hospital
More than 30 people remain on hunger strike on Nauru, but the heat and conditions are taking toll.
Two more of the hunger strikers have...
Permanent visas welcome but Labor must end limbo for all refugees
The long-awaited announcement that Labor will grant permanent visas to 19,000 refugees surviving on temporary visas is a welcome step to fulfilling their election promises. But much more is needed.
Tragedy avoided but minister must release Saeed and all those indefinitely detained
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the news that Iranian hunger striker, Saeed Hansonloo, has ended his hunger strike.
Now the Minister must release Saeed,...
Manus: Mike compound ends its hunger strike
The compound that started the mass hunger strike on Manus Island has ended their hunger strike – 13 days after it began – for...
Nauru asylum seeker gives birth in Brisbane. Scott Morrison’s deception exposed
The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has been caught in his own web of deceptive half-truths and policy of media blackout.
At a media briefing on...
Shooting breaks out on Manus – Refugees fear for their lives
There are reports that shooting has broken out between the PNG police and locals on the navy base after locals began attacking the detention...
