COVID outbreak creates crisis in Villawood detention centre
Five people in immigration detention in Sydney's Villawood detention centre (two people in Mackenzie and three in Mitchell compound) have tested positive for Covid,...
Djokovic detention lifts the lid on hypocrisy and arbitrary immigration detention
“Rules are rules,” says Scott Morrison. But the detention of Novak Djokovic has shown that the only rules Morrison cares about are the ones...
Immigration detainees take over two compounds in Melbourne detention centre
A major protest has broken out in two compounds of MITA North (Ford and Glenelg), of Melbourne's immigration detention centre in Broadmeadows.
All...
Attempted suicide at Yongah Hill detention centre
A Pacific Islander was rushed to hospital after a suicide attempt at Western Australia's Yongah Hill detention centre, yesterday, Thursday 4 November.
The man climbed...
Twenty second refugee tests positive for COVID at Park hotel
Hundreds are expected to rally in Melbourne today (details below), as the Covid outbreak among refugees at the Park hotel, in Melbourne, continues.
A thirty-nine...
Another COVID scare at Melbourne’s MITA detention centre
Another Serco guard at Melbourne’s MITA detention has tested positive sparking another Covid scare inside the detention centre.
Border Force officers began notifying people identified...
Previously negative refugee becomes 16th positive case as COVID spreads in the Park hotel
Ominously, an Iraqi refugee, who had previously tested negative, has become the 16th person infected with Covid at the Park Hotel in Melbourne. More...
Inexplicable testing delays increase COVID risk to refugees at Park hotel
Around ten refugees in the Park hotel, Melbourne, are still waiting for results of Covid test done last Sunday (17 October). The inexplicable delay...
One more confirmed COVID case at Park hotel as refugees locked down
One more refugee has been confirmed with Covid at lunchtime today (Tuesday 19 October) as most refugees in the Park hotel in Melbourne are...
Melbourne detention on COVID alert
IHMS staff tested all people detained in Bass 2 compound for Covid Friday night, just hours after Border Force declared that they were considered...
