Protests erupt on Nauru over delayed processing and deteriorating medical and camp conditions
Up to 100 Palestinian, Iraqi and Iranian asylum seekers on Nauru have been holding rowdy nightly protests over delays in the processing of their...
Immigration Minister plays to the Liberals’ refugee policies
Refugee groups have accused the Immigration Minister, Tony Burke, of playing politics with asylum seeker policy.
“Tony Burke is singing the same misleading song as...
Urgent action needed: Airline pilot refuses to take Egyptian asylum seeker being deported
Yesterday, Friday 5 July, the pilot of an Etihad airliner at Sydney thwarted government attempts to deport an Egyptian asylum seeker, when the pilot...
A new era? Or has Rudd moved to the right on refugees?
Refugee advocacy groups have reacted with alarm at Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s comments regarding asylum seekers on the ABC’s Lateline program.
Carr’s declaration that the...
Nauru asylum seekers hunger strike after guard brutality leaves six unconscious
A brutal response by security guards at the Nauru detention centre to a protest, yesterday afternoon, by recently arrived asylum seekers, left six of...
Another detention death; allegations of negligence demand a full inquiry
Asylum seekers are angry and upset at the death last night (Thursday) of an Afghan asylum seeker in the Villawood detention centre.
According to witnesses...
Withdrawal of false Interpol notice welcome; now inquiry into AFP needed
“We welcome the announced withdrawal of a number of charges from the Interpol Red notice for Sayed Abdellatif,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the...
Morrison should stop the “terrorism” witch-hunt; Inquiry needed into AFP leaking misinformation
A refugee advocate has called for the Opposition Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison to end his “terrorism” witch-hunt, and for the government to investigate the...
Concerns for safety of roof-top asylum seeker in Melbourne detention centre
An unaccompanied Iranian minor, believed to be around 17 year old has been staging a lone protest on the roof of the visitor centre...
ASIO assessments are flawed, not fair: Independent inquiry needed
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed ASIO’s re-assessment of its adverse security finding in the case of Manokalo and her six year old son....
