Murdered Manus asylum seeker was Faili Kurd
The asylum seeker killed on Monday night in the Manus Island detention centre was a 24 year-old Faili Kurd. He was one of the...
Correction re more attacks on Manus Island
Nothing seems to have come of the initial reports about a second night of attacks on the Manus Island asylum seekers.
No more casualties have...
Police and locals run amok on Manus Island: scores injured; fears for the lives...
Scores of asylum seekers have been injured, some seriously as gangs of armed PNG police and locals go from compound to compound attacking any...
Manus asylum seekers fear local vigilante reprisals
In the aftermath of the detention protest last night, Manus Island locals have armed themselves with machetes, knives and guns. Asylum seekers have urged...
Break-out on Manus Island as asylum seekers told no resettlement in PNG
Reports from Manus Island indicate a major protest and breakout has taken place on Manus Island late this afternoon. The most recent reports...
Urgent legal action to prevent pregnant woman being returned to Nauru
Last minute legal action is underway in an effort to prevent the government from removing a pregnant Iranian woman to Nauru. She has been...
Biggest yet protests on Manus Island: Lawyers arrive but protests greet Julie Bishop
The daily protests that began on Manus Island on 25 January continue to grow.
Reports from inside the detention say that yesterday, the day Foreign...
Screened out Tamils being rounded up for deportation
Up to 80 Tamil asylum seekers across four Australian detention centres are facing being summarily deported to Sri Lanka.
Tamils in Darwin, Scherger and Christmas...
Refugee advocates welcome High Court injunction
Last minute legal action in the High Court has resulted in a temporary injunction preventing the removal of an Afghan asylum seeker to Kabul.
A...
Refugee advocates urge intervention to stop first forced removal to Afghanistan
Refugee advocates are calling on Scott Morrison to halt the imminent deportation of a Hazara asylum seeker from Villawood detention centre to Afghanistan, scheduled...
