Nauru 40 days: protest for Omid

Asylum seekers and refugees continue their protest on Nauru - for the fortieth day. This day focussed on Omid. Chants rang out: We only want...

Noose tightens on Manus Island

Further legal action, in the PNG Supreme Court, on behalf of hundreds of detainees presently on Manus Island is scheduled for Monday 2 May. ...

Nauru in meltdown – two women missing

There are fears that three refugees taken around 3.00am from the Brisbane Transit Accommodation by Border Force officers have been sent back to Nauru....

Behrouz Boochani arrested by Manus Immigration to force transfer

Behrouz Boochani, the Iranian asylum seeker who staged the tree protest yesterday in Foxtrot compound has been arrested at a meeting with Immigration and...

Behrouz Boochani resists, climbs a tree in the Foxtrot compound on Manus Island

Mr Boochani has climbed a tree (video available on request) in the Foxtrot compound in order to stand against what he terms as a...

Immigration threatens forced transfer on Manus asylum seeker deemed to be refugee

Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian asylum seeker, has never made an application for protection since he was forcibly transferred from Christmas Island to Manus Island...

Arbitrary refugee decisions expose Manus assessment farce

Despite various threats over the years that they would be denied protection and deported, around 60 asylum seekers on Manus Island have consistently refused...

Fears of attempted suicide charge following Nauru refugee arrest after attempted self-immolation

Refugee advocates are concerned that another refugee will charged with attempted suicide after Nauru police arrested a 38-year-old Iranian refugee on Tuesday afternoon. The Iranian...

Nauru asylum seekers lodge assault complaints against guards as more photos of abuse emerge

Seven teenagers assaulted by Wilson Guards during a protest on Nauru on Wednesday night (6 April) have lodged a complaint (see here) with authorities...

Teenagers injured by guards in Nauru protest

Around 7.30pm Wednesday night, eight teenagers and their families were summoned to receive a letter from Australian Border Force in reply to their protest...