IMMIGRATION ACTS TO RESTRICT DETENTION CENTRE VISITS
Refugee advocates are alarmed at the spate of politically motivated decisions by Immigration Department officers barring visits to detention centres.
In the last week, Ian...
IMMIGRATION SPOKESPERSON SANDI LOGAN CAUGHT LYING ABOUT KIDS IN DETENTION
Spokesperson for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Sandi Logan, has claimed on twitter that no children are detained behind barbed wire. The claim...
ABORIGINAL PASSPORTS ISSUED TO INDEFINITELY DETAINED TAMILS, DENIED AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY ON ‘SECURITY’ GROUNDS
On Monday 14 May, 12.30pm, Aboriginal passports will be issued to two Tamil men currently held at Villawood Detention Centre who have being indefinitely...
ASIO NEGATIVE TAMIL REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE – SECOND IN TWO MONTHS
A Tamil refugee with an ASIO negative security finding attempted suicide in the early hours of today (Friday) morning. He is the second ASIO...
DARWIN REFUGEE PROTESTERS REMOVED TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Refugee advocates have condemned the latest moves by Serco and the Department of Immigration to maintain their extra-judicial punishment of asylum seekers.
Yesterday, (Tuesday 1...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES DEMAND AUSTRALIA BRINGS TORTURED AFGHAN MURDER WITNESSES TO SAFETY
Three Afghan Hazara asylum seekers who were tortured and beaten unconscious by guards at the end of February after attempting to escape the Pontianak...
DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
An Iranian asylum seeker in Darwin’s notorious Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) has attempted suicide around 10.30pm Friday, Darwin time.
The man was cut down...
REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AT MELBOURNE DETENTION CENTRE
A medical team is attending a Tamil refugee at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre in Broadmeadows this (Thursday) afternoon.
The Tamil refugee, who has...
DARWIN LONG TERM DETAINEES CONTINUE ROOF-TOP PROTEST
Four long-term Iranian asylum seekers are maintaining their roof top protest at Darwin’s most notorious detention centre, the Northern Immigration Detention Centre.
The four, who...
ROOFTOP PROTEST AT NIDC, DARWIN’S MOST NOTORIOUS DETENTION CENTRE
At least four Iranian asylum seekers have begun a roof top protest at Darwin's most notorious detention centre, Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) on...
