ROOF TOP PROTESTS DISRUPT CHRISTMAS ISLAND AND DARWIN DETENTION CENTRES
Both Christmas Island and Darwin detention centres have been hit by roof top protests.
Christmas Island detention centre has been locked down today (Monday 18...
High Court win for asylum seekers against relocation argument. Stop the deportation of Afghan...
The High Court finding that the Refugee Review Tribunal had failed to properly consider whether it was reasonable for an Afghan asylum seeker to...
Morrison disappoints asylum seekers on Manus Island: toilets ignored as water shortages continue
Scott Morrison’s visit to Manus Island has left asylum seekers there unimpressed. According to reports from the detention camp, Morrison spent 10 or 15...
Christmas Island asylum seekers left without water or guards
Around 20 asylum seekers now in White 2 compound on Christmas Island have been left without enough food or water for more than the...
Nauru hunger strike enters fourth day – another protest today
The hunger strike by asylum seekers on Nauru has entered its fourth day, with around 300, more than three-quarters of the asylum seekers, refusing...
Sri Lanka is not safe for asylum seekers or refugees
Media Release January 15
Refugee groups today completely rejected claims by the Sri Lankan government that asylum seekers or refugees could return to Sri Lanka...
GOVERNMENT IGNORES TORTURE RISK AS TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER DEPORTED
Despite urgent attempts to initiate legal action this afternoon (Wednesday), the Tamil asylum seeker known as Mr X was deported from Melbourne around 2.30pm.
He...
PNG removes appeal rights for asylum seekers: more threatened with deportation
In what seems to be a knee-jerk response to the Supreme Court constitutional challenge to Manus Island, the Papua New Guinea Immigration department has...
AFTER TWO YEARS, FIRST MERAK TAMIL REFUGEES TO COME TO AUSTRALIA
Tamil refugees from the boat stranded in Merak, Indonesia in 2009 after being stopped at the request of then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, have...
Urgent: Vigilantes attack Nauruan refugees – one man blinded
On Sunday night a letter headed "A Message to Refugees Resettled In Nauru", threatening the safety of refugees living on Nauru was secretly distributed...
