Broken processing promises fuel tensions on Manus Island
On 13 March, Immigration officers told asylum seekers on Manus Island that their refugee assessments would begin in ‘two or three weeks’. More than...
Ambulance called to collapsed ASIO negative hunger strikers
An ambulance was called to the MITA detention centre this afternoon (Wednesday) after five of the hunger-striking refugees fainted.
The ambulance officers indicated that they...
Concerns for welfare of ASIO negative hunger strikers
After two days of their dry hunger strike protest, most of the 28 refugees staging their protest on the soccer field at the Melbourne...
Melbourne ASIO negative refugees begin mass hunger strike
At 2.00am, Monday morning (8 April), 28 ASIO negative refugees (24 Sri Lankan, 2 Iranian 2 Rohingyans) began a hunger strike at the Melbourne...
Refugee group demands an inquiry into boat tragedy
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for a full inquiry into the asylum boat tragedy that cost the lives of a woman and a...
Attempted suicide on Nauru as hunger strike continues
Although some initial meetings between Tamil asylum seekers and advisers have begun, the Nauru detention camp remains in turmoil.
Around 20 people remain on hunger...
Nauru protests continue – attempted suicide, hunger strike, and lips still stitched
Despite the announcement that refugee assessments could start with the next two weeks, protests by asylum seekers on Nauru continue. One asylum seeker still...
Manus Island unfit for asylum families – pregnant women and sick brought to Australia
Around 20 asylum seekers, including all the families of all six pregnant women in the Manus Island camp, were transferred to the mainland on...
No advantage scrapped – Refugee processing to start on Nauru
The Nauru Director of the Department of Immigration has told a meeting of asylum seekers in the Nauru detention camp that their refugee assessments...
Two weeks: Nauru hunger strike, lip stitching protest continues
Eight Iranian asylum seekers are into their 15th day with their lips stitched. And between 20 and 30 asylum seekers (including those with stitched...
