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...
Close Nauru hell-hole – two attempted suicides
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Nauru detention will be expanded and that more family groups will be...
Perth asylum seeker two-week hunger strike against arbitrary detention
The Refugee Action Coalition is calling for the immediate release of an Iranian asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike in the Perth...
Vietnamese asylum seekers hold Peaceful Hunger Strike
Around 350 Vietnamese asylum seekers in Yongah Hill detention centre (near Perth) held a 24 hour protest hunger strike on Friday, 6 September (photos...
ASIO gets it wrong again – minister must release all ASIO negative refugees: Coalition...
Another Tamil refugee, detained for four years as a result of an adverse ASIO security assessment has been released from detention on 3 September,...
Pre-election pro-refugee rally to march on Deputy Prime Minister’s office in Marrickville
A “Welcome Refugee” rally calling for an end to the “PNG Solution” will march on the Marrickville electoral office of Deputy Prime Minister Anthony...
Vietnamese asylum seeker attempts suicide after interview by Vietnamese police
A Vietnamese asylum seeker attempted to hang himself at the Yongah Hill detention centre, outside Perth, yesterday, Wednesday 28 August.
His suicide attempt came the...
Refugee groups call for end to inhuman asylum policy separating families and pregnant women...
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for an end to the inhuman Immigration Department policy imposed since the 19 July beginning of the PNG...
Sending asylum families to Nauru a shameful election stunt
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned the Labor government’s transfer of asylum seeker families to Nauru.
“This is a shameful election stunt, “ said Ian...
