Government policies are forcing asylum seekers to use people smuggers
Media Release
13 July 2009
The drama and uncertainty that still surrounds the fate of many of the asylum seekers whose boat got into trouble...
COVID outbreak in Melbourne detention centre; Ardern must push for release of New Zealanders
There are at least eight positive COVID cases in the Bass 2 compound of Melbourne's MITA detention centre in Broadmeadows.
DEVIL’S ISLAND OF DETENTION: TWO ASYLUM SEEKERS TAKEN IN HANDCUFFS TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND; PUNISHMENT...
Two Afghan refugees were taken in handcuffs from Darwin to Christmas Island on the afternoon of Sunday 18 March.
Refugee advocates have called for the...
Refugees tell Australian government, “Act compassionately–there is no Indonesian Solution”
Media Release December 21
As Tamil Oceanic Viking refugees arrive in Australia, those on the boat at Merak and in immigration detention in Indonesia have...
Protests at PNG consulates call to close Manus Island detention camp
There will be protests held in Sydney and Brisbane tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 February) to coincide with the first court sitting in Papua New Guinea...
Nauru hunger strike continues. Fears grow for Omid after 46 days
It is feared that Omid Sorousheh, the 35 year old Iranian hunger striker on Nauru, may be close to death.
Omid, who has been on...
Strip search sparks stand-off between guards and asylum seekers on Manus Island
The forced strip search of an Iranian asylum seeker has sparked a tense stand-off between asylum seekers, Wilson’s guards and PNG police in Delta...
Hospital protest to stop refugee being returned to detention harm
Refugee supporters have mounted a protest vigil today (from 4pm, Thursday 10 December) at the Royal Brisbane Hospital to try to prevent a 22-year-old...
Five families face transfer to toxic Christmas Island
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling on the Immigration Minister to immediately halt the imminent transfer of five families from Inverbrackie to Christmas Island.
Five...
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...
