VILLAWOOD IN CRISIS – TWO IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKERS HOSPITALISED
Media release September 21, 2010
While attention has been focused on the fate of the roof-top protesters at Villawood detention centre, the dry hunger strike...
Nauran police arbitrarily arrest over 100 refugees
In a move that will seriously increase tensions on Nauru, Nauruan police have arbitrarily arrested up to 150 refugees, including at least one family...
GOVERNMENT USING DODGY DOCUMENTS TO DEPORT TOÂ DANGER
Media release July 28, 2010
Refugee groups are horrified that the government intends to use shonky travel documents to remove a 32 year old Sudanese...
More Nauruan asylum seekers brought to Curtin detention centre
A plane-load of 69 asylum seekers (19 Sri Lankan and 49 other nationalities) arrived around 9pm, last night (Monday 28 October) in Curtin detention...
Immigration removes pregnant family group to Nauru after change of heart over termination
Last minute legal action failed to prevent the Immigration department from removing an Iranian family group from Darwin to Nauru.
The family group of four...
AFP IN BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Australian Federal Police (AFP) have staged early morning raids on the rooms of asylum seekers in several compounds of the main detention centre on...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER’S DEATH AT MERAK
Media Release December 23, 2010
While the refugee community is still mourning the loss of at least 30 lives at Christmas Island on 15 December,...
Refugee group condemns return of Tamil asylum seekers
The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) has condemned the return of 18 Tamils to Sri Lanka on Saturday morning and called on the government to...
National refugee rallies say ‘Hands off Medevac’
While the government ramps up the rhetoric and its misinformation campaign against the Medevac legislation, thousands of people will rally across Australia on Saturday...
Another 25 Medevac refugees released in Brisbane
Twenty-five Medevac refugees are being released on bridging visas in Brisbane this morning (2 March)Â - 23 from Kangaroo Point and 2 from the Brisbane...
