Manus asylum seeker in Bomana starts hunger strike after delays from PNG Supreme Court
A Bangladeshi asylum seeker, Helal, 31, with a wife and three-year-old son on Manus Island, has begun a hunger strike in Bomana prison where...
Twenty-five Medevac refugees being freed in Brisbane
Twenty-three Medevac refugees who have been held in the Kangaroo Point hotel for up to two years are being released on bridging visas this...
Tamil refugee hit and run victim medivacced to Australia
The seriously injured 36-year-old Tamil refugee who was the victim of the deliberate hit and run attack on Nauru last Tuesday night (9 February),...
Tamil refugee seriously injured after vicious hit and run on Nauru
A 36-year-old Tamil refugee is expected to be transferred by air ambulance from Nauru to Australia later today (Thursday 11 February) after being deliberately...
Refugee in hotel self-harms amidst Dutton’s chaotic refugee release
A Bengali refugee has attempted self-harm in the Park Hotel this afternoon, following the release of another 24 refugees from the hotel. Anxiety grew...
Christmas Island detention centre is burning
Reports from inside Christmas Island detention centre indicate that at least two compounds, Blue and Green, have been set alight. While the extent of...
As Mantra refugee prison closes – don’t move them, free them!
Border Force officers told meetings of medevac refugees this afternoon that the government’s contract with the Mantra Hotel was ended and they would be...
Young Malaysian man suicides in Villawood detention centre
A young Malaysian man, around 20 years old, has committed suicide in Villawood’s high security Mitchell compound.
He was found by his roommate, around 3.30pm...
Hospital protest to stop refugee being returned to detention harm
Refugee supporters have mounted a protest vigil today (from 4pm, Thursday 10 December) at the Royal Brisbane Hospital to try to prevent a 22-year-old...
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...
