Government maintains Manus farce as asylum seeker attempts to set himself alight
A 28 year-old Iranian asylum seeker in Mike Compound in the Manus Island detention centre attempted to set himself alight on Friday night (30...
Union leaders join International protests to say No to Indonesian Solution
Media Release January 19, 2010
“International protests have put the Rudd government on notice that the world is watching what happens to the asylum seekers...
Nauru protests continue – attempted suicide, hunger strike, and lips still stitched
Despite the announcement that refugee assessments could start with the next two weeks, protests by asylum seekers on Nauru continue. One asylum seeker still...
Nauru mass hunger strike enters its third day
The hunger strike by asylum seekers has entered its third day still with around 300 people not eating. By midday Saturday, a total of...
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...
More principles overboard: Labor should increase powers to protect, not remove
Labor’s rushed move to introduce the Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill is yet another attempt to deflect criticism from Peter Dutton rather than protect asylum seekers.
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,...
Home Affairs faces criminal charges alleging health neglect in Immigration detention
On Tuesday 15 March, a Sydney Local Court magistrate is expected to set down a hearing date for the charges, laid in March last...
Seventeen Manus refugees leave PNG to be resettled in the US
Seventeen refugees, held on Manus Island for almost five years, flew from Port Moresby today, Tuesday 25 September, to be resettled in the US.
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17 YEAR OLD ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AHEAD OF MALAYSIA DEPORTATION
A 17 year-old female asylum-seeker due to be deported to Malaysia has attempted suicide in Christmas Island’s Bravo compound.
Reports from Christmas Island indicate that...
