Mass hunger strike on Nauru; Internet cut off
A mass hunger strike by asylum seekers of all nationalities has begun on Nauru. Outraged by the attempted suicide and self-harm incidents late yesterday...
Nauru refugee victim of knife attack
An Iranian refugee has become the latest victim of anti-refugee violence on Nauru.
Around 6am, yesterday morning (Tuesday, 31 March), the man was walking back...
Some distressed boat people make it to land, but not all may be safe
Media Release
11 July 2009
Some of the 74 Afghan asylum seekers feared lost at sea Indonesian waters fours days ago have made it to land....
Manus suspected typhoid cases transfers delayed
Refugees on Manus are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of two more possible typhoid cases on the island. Two typhoid cases were transferred...
Manus Paladin security workers strike
Paladin security workers on Manus Island have declared a strike across all three detention compounds on the island. The security posts at Hillside, West...
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...
Desperate PNG refugee attempts self-immolation after years of neglect
A 46-year-old Iranian refugee doused himself, and an office, in petrol yesterday morning threatening to set himself alight.
Iranian asylum seekers protest in Jakarta—Australia must lift the ban
A group of Iranian asylum seekers stranded in Jakarta held a protest outside the Iranian embassy yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon.
Another group of asylum seekers in...
Rooftop protest at Christmas Island
Two Iranian asylum seekers have begun a rooftop protest in the Green 1 compound on Christmas Island.
The two asylum seekers got onto the roof...
Free Hamid: refugees transferred from Nauru are being freed, except Hamid
Hamid, an Iranian refugee brought from Nauru to Australia four months ago in February is still being held in detention.
