Detention protest spreads nationally
Hundreds of immigration detainees in detention centres across the country have begun a hunger strike protest this morning, Monday 21 January.
Detainees in the Villawood,...
Yongah Hill hunger strike protest continues into fifth day
Around 350 immigration detainees are into their fifth day of hunger strike protest at Yongah Hill detention centre.
A list of demands was released by...
Hunger strike protest spreads from Melbourne to Yongah Hill
Immigration detainees at two compounds of Yongah Hill (outside Perth) have begun a hunger strike (Monday 14 January) in protest against detention conditions.
On the...
MITA hunger strike continues: End the lockdown, provide chairs
The hunger strike protest by immigration detainees in MITA North that began on Tuesday 8 January, is now into its fourth day.
Detainees have also...
Hunger strike against prison conditions in Melbourne detention; video footage exposes guard thuggery
Around 200 detainees in MITA North, the new high security compound inside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), have begun a hunger strike in...
Government detention closure announcement is a fraud
The Refugee Action Coalition has dismissed the government announcement that Maribyrnong and Blaxland at Villawood will close, as an empty gesture.
“The fact is that...
Mental health crisis on Manus Island, Labor must back Phelps’ bill
There are now almost daily suicide attempts among refugees on Manus Island, and no medical facilities to cope with the crisis.
The small Pacific...
Manus rejections more proof of failure of US resettlement deal
Yesterday, Tuesday 6 November, 32 people on Manus Island received answers to their applications for resettlement in the US.
Only nine of the 32...
Nauru crisis continues: one medivac, three more families fly to Australia
A pregnant Iranian refugee and her husband have been taken by air ambulance from Nauru to Australia today, Wednesday 24 October. (The nature of...
PNG Supreme Court dismisses Manus case on technicality
The PNG Supreme Court has dismissed the case of Behrouz Boochani and 730 other Manus detainees for the constitutional enforcement of their rights.
The Supreme...
