Nauru asylum seekers charged with riot: Australian refugee supporter calls for charges to be...

Yesterday, Thursday 15 November, 14 asylum seekers in the Nauruan detention centre were issued summonses for wilful damage, riotous damage to a building and...

MERAK TAMILS MADE IT TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND. UNHCR PROCESSING BEGINS AT TANJUNG PINANG....

Media Release, April 21 2010 Refugee advocates today confirmed that around 50 Tamil asylum seekers from the boat at Merak made it to Christmas Island...

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...

Refugee activists appeal to minister: don’t let Iranian hunger striker die

It is feared that a 33 year old Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike may have only days to live. Refugee activists have launched an...

Manus asylum seekers raise the alarm after witnesses to attack removed from compound

Asylum seekers in Mike compound on Manus Island have raised the alarm as Wilson Security guards removed two of their central representatives and another...

Refugee advocates condemn Cambodia deal

The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the refugee resettlement arrangement about to be signed by Australia and Cambodia. “Today’s deal is the latest installment in...

Yongah Hill asylum seeker left without false teeth for two years

An Iranian asylum seeker who has been detained for over nine years has begun a peaceful protest in Yongah Hill detention centre to try and get false teeth.

PNG Manus report self-serving cover-up – there was no riot on Monday 17...

PNG police excluded from detention centre Reports of the contents of the PNG report into the brutal attacks on asylum seekers on Manus Island continues...

Nauru protests escalate: breakout at family camp

Protests on Nauru have dramatically escalated in the last 24 hours. Up to 600 people broke out of the family detention compound OPC 3 just...

Mothers attempt suicide as conditions deteriorate on Christmas Island

Up to ten mothers in the family camp have attempted suicide in the last two days on Christmas Island – some by hanging, some...