Nauru refugee assessments a shambles – asylum seekers brought to Australia

Sixty asylum seekers, 23 Tamils and 37 Afghans and Pakistanis, were brought from Nauru to Curtin detention centre on Saturday 19 October. The sixty brings...

Darwin refugee family fights for freedom

Support is growing for the last remaining refugee family in Darwin's Mercure Hotel prison to be released from detention. The Maghames family (parents Malakeh and...

DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

An Iranian asylum seeker in Darwin’s notorious Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) has attempted suicide around 10.30pm Friday, Darwin time. The man was cut down...

Dutton lies, refugees die

Despite the Immigration Minister’s attempts to deflect the blame, it is the government that is responsible for the appalling conditions they have created on...

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...

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...

Peaceful march to Australian High Commission on Nauru

Almost 80 refugees staged a peaceful protest march to the Australian High Commission, this afternoon on Nauru. The protesters chanting "Morrison - shame on you"...

No amount of money can compensate for Manus horror

The announcement of a possible settlement with Manus asylum seekers and the Australian government for false imprisonment and conditions on Manus Island that caused...

Asylum seekers second day of protest on Nauru

Asylum seekers on Nauru held a protest at the gates of the family compound, RPC 3, for the second day in a row, beginning...

Sending asylum families to Nauru a shameful election stunt

The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the Labor government’s transfer of asylum seeker families to Nauru. “This is a shameful election stunt, “ said Ian...