Third day of protest on Nauru
Asylum seekers of the family compound, RPC 3, on Nauru have staged their third protest in three days.
In October last year the Nauruan government...
Tamil Christmas Island protest wins visas refugee advocates call for UNHCR refugees to be...
Media Release January 8, 2010
Late Thursday afternoon (7 January), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship announced that 16 Sri Lankans and 5 Afghan asylum...
Medevac refugees petition Home Affairs Minister for release
More than 60 refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac laws in 2019, and another nine who...
Darwin refugee family fights for freedom
Support is growing for the last remaining refugee family in Darwin's Mercure Hotel prison to be released from detention.
The Maghames family (parents Malakeh and...
Asylum seeker attempts suicide on Manus Island
A 23 year-old Iranian asylum seeker on Manus Island attempted suicide on 5 January.
The young man attempted to hang himself with bed sheets in...
Arrested Nauru refugees held overnight: human rights observers needed
Almost 200 refugees including up to 80 women have been held in detention overnight after mass arrests on Nauru, throughout Wednesday, 4 March.
The underage...
Fiasco as PNG refugees returned to Granville
The first attempt at 'community placement' from Granville has failed.
The refugees moved out of Granville Motel this morning (Tuesday, 13 November) were returned...
Nauru unaccompanied minors released as protests continue
Twenty-nine unaccompanied minors have been released from the family compound detention centre on Nauru as protests and self-harm continue in and out of detention.
The...
REJECTION AND DELAYS PROVOKE HUNGER STRIKE AT CURTIN DETENTION CENTRE
Media release January 18, 2011
Up to 1000 Afghan asylum seekers at the Curtin detention centre have begun a hunger strike today. A group of...
Refugee case-worker dispute escalates in Port Moresby following mass resignations
Twenty-nine case-workers have resigned from JDA, the company contracted to provide services to refugees living in limbo in Port Moresby.
The twenty-nine PNG nationals resigned...
