Tensions growing on Nauru: locals banned from detention centre after asylum seeker attacked by...

A fight between asylum seekers and a Nauruan local last Friday, 11 October, has resulted in all local Nauruan workers being banned from Bravo compound of the main detention centre on Nauru. Reports indicate...

Australian detention centre in Port Moresby is worse than Manus; worse than prison

Refugee advocates have growing concerns regarding the conditions at the high security detention centre annexed to the Bomana prison. Information about the newly opened Bomana detention centre indicates that conditions at the centre are as...

PNG reneges on refugee deal: West Papuan asylum seekers under guard

The seven West Papuan asylum seekers secretly returned from Boigu Island to Port Moresby in late September are now under guard at the hotel where they had been taken on their return. The seven asylum...

DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE; DETAINEES CALL FOR MEDIA ACCESS

One of the young Afghan roof-top protesters attempted suicide in the Darwin detention centre last night only hours after a mass hunger strike was called off. The asylum seeker was cut down by other asylum...

Protests against Salvos cutting internet time

The Salvation Army administration has come under fire for drastically reducing the time allowed for an appointed representative, Mahdi, to maintain the Nauru asylum seekers Facebook page and web site. Sign an online petition against...

More evidence of abuse, but hunger strike continues

Manus Island detainees are bracing for increased security harassment today (Monday 26 January) after the arrival of more Wilson security guards on the island yesterday. Hundreds remain on hunger strike into the 14th day, with...

Another SERCO workers in Melbourne detention centre is COVID positive

People detained across all compounds of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows detention centre, MITA, were informed yesterday (Friday 1 October) that a Serco employee had tested positive for Covid. But in defiance of normal protocols, there was no...

Refugee protests across Indonesia to mark Refugee Day

Hundreds of refugees, mostly Afghan and Sudanese, staged protests on World Refugee Day in cities across Indonesia to demand resettlement after years of being stranded in poverty. 

Graphic footage of Manus shooting

Graphic footage taken during the Good Friday shooting incident has emerged from Manus Island. Photos of bullet holes damage inside the detention centre including in accommodation areas is evidence of the dangerous situation that has...

Urgent action needed to end the horror on Nauru; raped refugees must be brought...

There have been increased threats against refugees on Nauru this morning, following the broadcast of the ABC's 7.30 program on Monday night highlighting recent alleged incidents of rape on the island. This morning, Tuesday 29...