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...
GOVERNMENT’S BRIDGING VISA ANNOUNCEMENT IS A PIECEMEAL, FIRST STEP BUT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO...
The Immigration Minister’s announcement that asylum seekers are being released from detention on bridging visas has been welcomed as a very modest first step...
Nauru 40 days: protest for Omid
Asylum seekers and refugees continue their protest on Nauru - for the fortieth day. This day focussed on Omid.
Chants rang out: We only want...
Rock throwing Nauruans seriously injure refugee couple
An Iranian refugee couple was hospitalised last night (Monday) after being attacked by rock-throwing Nauruans (see photos).
Around 10pm, Nauru time, the married couple was riding...
Rudd’s anti-people smuggling crusade is threatening asylum seekers lives
11 July 2009
Media Release
In the aftermath of the rescue of a 74 asylum seekers’ boat yesterday, the refugee advocate who alerted Australian border protection...
WHAT’S RIGHT FOR REFUGEES? ROBERT MANNE GETS IT WRONG ON OFF-SHORE PROCESSING
“Robert Manne’s argument that the only alternative is off-shore processing in Nauru is simply wrong. Any policy that starts with the idea of stopping...
Manus in Mental Health Meltdown
A heart-breaking suicide note written by Fares, a 31-year-old Sudanese refugee who attempted to hang himself this morning on Manus Island, is just the...
Refugee advocates fear for Iranians facing deportation
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 19 January, at the Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre near Darwin, Serco guards raided the rooms of...
MERAK ANNIVERSARY – THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MUST ACT TO RE-SETTLE TAMIL REFUGEES
THREE RETURNED TAMIL REFUGEES DISAPPEAR IN SRI LANKA
Media release October 8, 2010
A year ago, then prime Minister Kevin Rudd called Indonesian president Yudhoyono requesting...
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...
