More Nauruan asylum seekers brought to Curtin detention centre
A plane-load of 69 asylum seekers (19 Sri Lankan and 49 other nationalities) arrived around 9pm, last night (Monday 28 October) in Curtin detention...
Villawood refugee children being searched before and after school
Children attending school from the Villawood residential housing section of the detention centre are being subjected to extensive searches of their bags, including their...
Fears held for screened out Vietnamese asylum seekers
Refugee supporters are horrified at the removal of up to 23 Vietnamese asylum seekers in the early hours of Wednesday morning (23 October).
Nineteen asylum...
Nauru refugee assessments a shambles – asylum seekers brought to Australia
Sixty asylum seekers, 23 Tamils and 37 Afghans and Pakistanis, were brought from Nauru to Curtin detention centre on Saturday 19 October.
The sixty brings...
Nauru bullying increases asylum seeker self-harm
An Afghan asylum seeker detained in the main single-men’s compound on Nauru has slashed himself after Nauruan guards being denied his requests to see...
Tensions growing on Nauru: locals banned from detention centre after asylum seeker attacked by...
A fight between asylum seekers and a Nauruan local last Friday, 11 October, has resulted in all local Nauruan workers being banned from Bravo...
PNG reneges on refugee deal: West Papuan asylum seekers under guard
The seven West Papuan asylum seekers secretly returned from Boigu Island to Port Moresby in late September are now under guard at the hotel...
Exposed: Nauru asylum seekers brought to Australia to be deported
Five Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent a year on Nauru and were brought from Nauru to Curtin detention centre two months ago have...
Deadline looms for West Papuan asylum seekers in Port Moresby
The seven West Papuans secretly returned to Port Moresby from Australia a week ago have been given until tomorrow, Thursday 10 October to make...
West Papuans removed unlawfully; Morrison’s explanation doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
Yesterday at his press briefing, Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, claimed that Australia had removed seven West Papuan asylum seekers to PNG last Friday on...
