MERAK TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER HOSPITALISED AS INDONESIAN DETENTION TAKES ITS TOLL – CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND

Media Release June 4, 2010 REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL MERAK ASYLUM SEEKERS One the Merak Tamil asylum seekers, a woman with two...

GOVERNMENT IGNORES TORTURE RISK AS TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER DEPORTED

Despite urgent attempts to initiate legal action this afternoon (Wednesday), the Tamil asylum seeker known as Mr X was deported from Melbourne around 2.30pm. He...

Victimised refugee hunger striker discharged from hospital

After four days in hospital Armin, the 37-year-old Bosnian hunger-striking refugee, has been discharged from the Royal Brisbane hospital, on Friday 4 December. He...

Nauru mass hunger strike enters its third day

The hunger strike by asylum seekers has entered its third day still with around 300 people not eating. By midday Saturday, a total of...

REFUGEES STRIP-SEARCHED AS SERCO CRACKS DOWN ON ASIO NEGATIVE REFUGEES

Following a report on ASIO negative Tamil refugees, aired on the ABC’s current affairs programme, 730, on Monday night, Serco guards raided and searched...

VILLAWOOD IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKER DIES IN HOSPITAL – VICTIM OF IRANIAN REGIME; VICTIM OF...

Asylum seekers supporters are shocked and saddened at the announcement that an Iranian asylum seeker has died in Liverpool hospital in the early hours...

Arbitrary refugee decisions expose Manus assessment farce

Despite various threats over the years that they would be denied protection and deported, around 60 asylum seekers on Manus Island have consistently refused...