Mobile video footage reveals abuse by Villawood guards
Refugee advocates are calling for a full inquiry into an incident recorded on mobile phone footage inside Villawood detention centre revealing nine male guards...
Thirty more refugees fly to the US but despair grows
Around 36 refugees have flown from Nauru to the US today, Sunday, 8 July. The refugees are Afghan, Pakistani, Rohingyan and one Tamil family.
There...
Heartless Border Force denies Fariborz’s mother’s wishes
Australian Border Force authorities on Nauru have rejected Fariborz mother’s wishes that Fariborz’s body be sent to Australia for burial.
Fariborz’s mother wrote a plea...
Nauru petition calls for Fariborz’s body and family to be brought to Australia
More than two weeks since Fariborz Karami died on Nauru, the Australian Border Force (ABF) has made no arrangements to meet his family’s request...
Six more refugees leave from Manus for the US, but Trump ban still in...
Six Manus refugees left Port Moresby this morning, Tuesday 19 June, for the United States.
All single men, the refugees are Afghan, Pakistani and one...
Nauru cancels refugee day
The Nauru government has cancelled its World Refugee Day event scheduled for Wednesday, 20 June.
The cancellation is not surprising; there is little sign of...
Refugees leave for the US, as Nauru grieves
A bitter sweet moment on Nauru as 21 refugees leave Nauru for the United States today Sunday 17 June (photos attached), only two days...
Threat level raised on Nauru after asylum seeker death
Canstruct, the Nauru detention management company, has declared a “threat level 3” (probable) at the RPC 1 and RPC 3 in the aftermath of...
Another asylum seeker dies on Nauru
In tragic news from Nauru, a 26-year-old Iranian asylum seekers has been found dead, believed to have suicided, this morning.
He was found dead...
Christmas Island rooftop protest starts again
Around 7.15pm Monday night, the Christmas Island rooftop protest re-started, when one Iranian asylum seeker went back onto the roof of the Green Two...
