“Why are we forgotten?”: Curtin hunger strikers
Eleven Sinhalese asylum seekers have entered their third day of hunger strike at the Curtin detention centre.
The eleven are also sleeping outside their rooms...
Refugee protest Friday 8 August: 157 more reasons that Morrison has to go. Bring...
Refugee supporters will hold a protest at the Sydney Immigration Department offices, Lee Street, City, Friday 8 August, 12.30pm, to highlight the hijacking of...
Processing delays provoke hunger strike at Curtin detention centre
Eleven of the 21 Sinhalese Sri Lankan asylum seekers at Curtin detention centre have begun a hunger strike.
The hunger strike, in protest at the...
Five families face transfer to toxic Christmas Island
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling on the Immigration Minister to immediately halt the imminent transfer of five families from Inverbrackie to Christmas Island.
Five...
Alleged victims of sexual harassment threatened to be returned to Christmas Island
Two Iranian asylum seekers who have made formal complaints of sexual harassment against Serco guards on Christmas Island have been told that they are...
Refugee groups welcome Morrison’s admission that Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are unsafe
Refugee groups have welcomed Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s recognition that Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are unsafe.
Speaking to Chris Uhlmann on the ABC’s AM program...
Hasty shift leaves 157 Tamil asylum seekers without clothes
The Tamil asylum seekers held at sea on the Oceanic Protector for almost a month have been left in Curtin with only the clothes...
Third flight leaves Cocos Islands carrying Tamil asylum seekers to Curtin
The third flight carrying Tamil asylum seekers from Cocos Islands to Curtin detention left the Cocos Islands around 3.00pm Cocos time. It is expected...
Morrison’s backflip blows hole in Operation Sovereign Borders
The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the government’s announcement that the 157 asylum seekers are to be brought ashore.
The move represents a dramatic back-flip by...
Refugee Action Coalition repudiates allegations by The Australian and Greg Lake
The Australian newspaper’s ongoing attacks against the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) have no basis in fact, RAC spokesperson Ian Rintoul said today.
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