Thirteen refugees leave PNG for the US
Thirteen refugees flew from Port Moresby this morning, Tuesday 28 August, on their way to be resettled in the United States.
Included in the group...
Tamil asylum seeker suicides in Brisbane
A 45-year-old Tamil asylum seeker has died in Brisbane after a suicide attempt at the Logan hospital last Friday (24 August).
The Tamil man received...
Nauru rushes to demolish refugee tents before Pacific Islands Forum
Last minute efforts are underway on Nauru to get all families and children out of the mouldy tents of RPC 3, the family compound,...
Guilty! Coroner’s findings damn offshore detention
The coroner’s findings in regard to the death of Hamid Khazaie have damned the government’s offshore detention policy.
The coroner noted that the Pacific...
Fourteen refugees fly from Nauru to US today
Fourteen more refugees, mostly single men – Rohingyan, Afghans, and Pakistanis – left Nauru this afternoon, Sunday 29 July, to be resettled in the...
Twenty three refugees leave Nauru for the US
Twenty-three refugees flew from Nauru to the US today, Sunday 22 July.
The group includes two Rohingyan families, one couple with their three...
Female Villawood detainees stage protest hunger strike
Around 40 female detainees in Villawood are staging a protest hunger strike from 11.00am today, Thursday, 12 July.
The protest follows abrupt changes announced on...
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...
