Australian government figures reveal US resettlement deal over 400 places short
According to the latest update from Operation Sovereign Borders, the combined number of refugees on Nauru and Manus Island is 1687.
http://newsroom.border.gov.au/channels/Operation-Sovereign-Borders/releases/operation-sovereign-borders-monthly-update-january-3
The White House...
Fourteen refugees fly from Nauru to US today
Fourteen more refugees, mostly single men – Rohingyan, Afghans, and Pakistanis – left Nauru this afternoon, Sunday 29 July, to be resettled in the...
Refugee supporters march on Morrison’s office to oppose offshore processing
Refugee supporters will rally in Cronulla and march on the electorate office of Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, tomorrow, 12 noon, Saturday, 21 June.
The rally...
As Mantra refugee prison closes – don’t move them, free them!
Border Force officers told meetings of medevac refugees this afternoon that the government’s contract with the Mantra Hotel was ended and they would be...
Second group of Manus refugees fly to US
The second group of refugees to be accepted for resettlement in the US has left Port Moresby for the United States this morning (Tuesday...
Manus Paladin security workers strike
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Forty-four transferred from Manus to Port Moresby, but refugee relocation is no solution
Forty-four refugees from two compounds (10 from West Haus and 34 from East Lorengau compound) on Manus Island are being transferred from Manus Island...
Minister delays protection application decision for Sayed Abdellatif
Sayed Abdellatif, the Egyptian asylum seeker who was at the centre of a political storm last year after being wrongly accused of murder, is...
Fourteen more refugees transferred from Nauru to Australia
A group of 14 refugees and people seeking asylum left Nauru for Australia, this morning, Friday 25 September. The plane is expected to arrive...
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....
