Screening-out starts again? Bangladesh asylum seekers face immediate deportation
The screening out process used by the Federal Labor government to deport hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers last year seems to have re-activated...
Morrison disappoints asylum seekers on Manus Island: toilets ignored as water shortages continue
Scott Morrison’s visit to Manus Island has left asylum seekers there unimpressed. According to reports from the detention camp, Morrison spent 10 or 15...
Water crisis on Manus Island
Asylum seekers on Manus Island report that they have had five days of acute water shortages in the detention camp, and the crisis seems...
Crisis on Nauru: attempted suicide and more protests
An Iranian asylum seeker in the detention camp on Nauru attempted to hang himself yesterday (Monday, 25 February) at around 3.30pm. He was found...
More lip-stitching as protests on Nauru escalate
Asylum seekers on Nauru are now on their fourth day of a sustained protest, according to information supplied this evening to the Refugee Action...
Nauru refugees start lip-stitching; hunger-strike resumes
Reports received this afternoon (Tuesday February 19) by the Refugee Action Coalition from inside the detention camp on Nauru indicate that fifteen refugees have...
Hazaras to protest across Australia following horrific killings in Pakistan
Hazara groups will rally in cities across Australia tomorrow in response to the horrific killing of over 80 Hazara in Pakistan on Saturday (see...
Asylum seekers escape from Nauru detention centre
Five Iranian asylum seekers escaped from the Nauru detention centre in the early hours of this morning, in another sign of the spiral of...
Protests at PNG consulates call to close Manus Island detention camp
There will be protests held in Sydney and Brisbane tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 February) to coincide with the first court sitting in Papua New Guinea...
Villawood protest: Free Ranjini and her baby Paari; free all ASIO-negative refugees
A protest to support ASIO-negative refugees and welcome Paari, the latest baby born to an ASIO negative refugee, will be held at 11am Sunday,...
