Port Moresby refugee hotel attacked by locals for a second time
For the second time in three weeks, a hotel at Four Mile, East Boroko, housing refugees from Manus Island, was attacked by a group...
Three refugees injured as local attack Port Moresby hotel
A crowd of locals has attacked a Boroko hotel in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 19 February) leaving three refugees injured and...
Labor’s attack on air arrivals feeds government anti-refugee policies
The Refugee Action Coalition has called on the Labor party to end its campaign against asylum seekers arriving by air.
The contradiction between the Liberals’...
PNG refugee service provider sacks eleven case workers amid rort allegations
Eleven of the PNG nationals employed by JDA under contract with Australia have been officially terminated. The sackings follow the resignation of 29 case...
Refugee case-worker dispute escalates in Port Moresby following mass resignations
Twenty-nine case-workers have resigned from JDA, the company contracted to provide services to refugees living in limbo in Port Moresby.
The twenty-nine PNG nationals resigned...
No justification for Christmas Island evacuation stunt or detention centre
The Refugee Action Coalition condemns the use of Christmas Island as a dumping ground for asylum seekers and Australian citizens and residents being evacuated...
Medevac repeal shame—transfer them all now
The Refugee Action Coalition condemns the government’s repeal of the Medevac legislation.
The repeal of the Medevac legislation means that the refugees in PNG and...
PNG refugees moved in the community face more danger, more uncertainty
After a false start a week ago, PNG Immigration began moving refugees from Port Moresby’s Granville Motel to 'community placement' in two other hotels...
Fiasco as PNG refugees returned to Granville
The first attempt at 'community placement' from Granville has failed.
The refugees moved out of Granville Motel this morning (Tuesday, 13 November) were returned...
More danger as PNG refugees pushed into the community
Refugees living in Port Moresby’s Granville Motel since being transferred from Manus Island (some for medical treatment that they never got), have been issued...
