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...

West Papuan asylum seekers flown to Port Moresby

Refugee groups are concerned for the welfare and security of seven West Papuan asylum seekers flown overnight from Horn Island to Port Moresby. The seven...

Write ‘yes to refugees’: Refugee groups call on Labor members to use leadership ballot...

Refugee groups in Sydney and Melbourne have called on Australian Labor Party members to use the current leadership ballot as a referendum on Labor’s...