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...
Refugee advocates say no to the ‘lifetime ban’ bill, No conditions on New Zealand...
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling on all Labor, Green and Independent politicians to completely reject the Liberals’ lifetime ban bill that would ban...
Seventeen Manus refugees fly to US for resettlement
Seventeen refugees, held on Manus Island for almost five years, flew from Port Moresby today, Tuesday 16 October, to be resettled in the US.
The...
Nauru police arrest attempted suicide victim
Nauruan police have arrested a 36-year-old Iranian refugees after he attempted suicide on Nauru today, Monday 9 October.
The refugee swallowed washing powder at the...
