Palmer sold a pup – shameful capitulation to cruel TPV deal
Refugee advocates have condemned the deal struck between Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and the Palmer United Party to introduce Temporary Protection Visas and safe...
Advocates reject Morrison’s TPV blackmail
Refugee advocates have rejected Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s latest push to introduce Temporary Protection Visas.
“The Minister is holding asylum seeker children hostage to the...
Justice for Hamid: Close Manus Island, End offshore processing
“The death of Hamid Khazayi, the 24 year-old Iranian asylum seeker whose life support system was turned off on Friday evening, is senseless and...
Manus Island claims another victim as asylum seeker declared brain dead. Manus detainees accuse...
A 24 year-old Iranian asylum seeker, Hamid Kehazaei, who was urgently medivacced from Manus Island to Brisbane on Wednesday, 27 August has been declared...
First forced asylum removal to Afghanistan scheduled for tonight, Tuesday 26 August
A last minute application in Federal Circuit Court and an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Commission are underway to try and prevent...
Children and families out of detention? – not really!
The government announcement that children and families are to be released from mainland immigration detention is deceptive, selective and half-hearted according to the Refugee...
Morrison’s phoney generosity for Iraqi and Syrian refugees: there’s no increase in intake
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the government’s announcement of 4,400 places for Iraqi and Syrian refugees as selective and ‘phoney generosity’.
One of the...
Pakistani minor attempts suicide rather than be returned to Nauru
A 16 year-old Pakistani asylum seeker from Parichinar, has attempted suicide at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) centre last night, Tuesday 12 August.
It...
Refugee advocates condemn Cambodia deal
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the refugee resettlement arrangement about to be signed by Australia and Cambodia.
“Today’s deal is the latest installment in...
Curtin hunger striker strike suspended after meeting assurance
Eleven Sinhalese asylum seekers in Curtin detention centre suspended their hunger strike on Saturday 9 August, the fourth day of their protest.
The protest was...
