Press releases

A Turkish man, around 32 years old, has died after being stabbed at the Yongah Hill detention centre.

The second asylum boat turn back to Sri Lanka under the Albanese Labor government has highlighted the fundamental breach of human rights involved in such turnbacks. 

There are at least eight positive COVID cases in the Bass 2 compound of Melbourne's MITA detention centre in Broadmeadows. 

A New Zealand woman in her early 30s has committed suicide in Villawood detention centre, this morning, Sunday 22 May. Her body was found in her room by other immigration detainees around 10.45am this morning shortly...

An Iranian refugee, Rafi (not his real name) has attempted suicide in the Lachlan compound of Villawood detention centre on Friday afternoon, 22 April. The man, who was meant to be on high watch surveillance...

An Iranian asylum seeker was found dead in his room in Hume compound of the Villawood detention around 1.00pm, Saturday 26 March. It is understood that the man took his own life. The man, aged in...

While the New Zealand deal is welcome news for people in limbo in Nauru, the deal only highlights the absurdity of Australia's refusal to resettle those they sent to PNG and Nauru in 2013....

On Tuesday 15 March, a Sydney Local Court magistrate is expected to set down a hearing date for the charges, laid in March last year, against the Commonwealth government’s Department of Home Affairs, and...

Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled Ukraine following Russia’s brutal invasion. They should all be welcomed, and Australia should help play a role. Scott Morrison has already flagged a special intake on top of...

There is every indication from inside the Villawood detention centre that the Covid outbreak remains out of control among residents and staff. Neither staff nor detainees are being RAT tested daily, despite increasing case numbers....