ANOTHER ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AT DARWIN’S AIRPORT LODGE
A Tamil asylum seeker has been taken to hospital after attempting suicide by hanging in the early of hours of this morning, at the...
Twenty-seven refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-seven refugees left Nauru this morning bound for Port Moresby, the first leg of a 50-hour long journey to be resettled in the USA....
LIPS REMAIN STITCHED IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE “IMR” PROTEST BY STATELESS ASYLUM SEEKERS
Three Faili Kurdish asylum seekers who stitched their lips together on Monday morning are maintaining their protest in the Darwin detention centre.
The two others...
Reza Barati – still waiting for justice; Cornall report is flawed
The release of the Cornall report into the events on Manus Island has confirmed what the asylum seekers said all along – that they...
Nauru refugee women celebrate International Women’s Day with protest
Nauruan refugees and children of all nationalities celebrated International Women’s Day, yesterday, 9 March, with a protest at the Ijuw compound – photos attached.
The...
Kabul demonstration says no to TPVs and deportation of Afghan asylum seekers
On Saturday 9 November, a protest outside the national Afghan Parliament called for an end to the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers from Europe...
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.
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH REFUGEES IN WICKHAM POINT
Seven people from several Australian cities were arrested by Northern Territory police for trying to make contact with refugees inside the Wickham Point Detention...
TAMIL DETAINEE ASSAULTED AS TENSIONS BREW IN OVERCROWDED CHRISTMAS ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE
Media Release February 9, 2011
At least one Tamil detainee has been seriously injured on Christmas Island as overcrowding in the detention centre has seen...
FEARS GROW FOR WELFARE OF CURTIN HUNGER STRIKERS, MINISTER MUST INTERVENE
Media Release, January 20, 2011
Fears are growing for the welfare of the more than 800 hunger strikers at Curtin detention centre. The lack of...
