LIP STITCHING, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE: TENSIONS REMAIN AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
The recent release of around 19 asylum seekers on community detention has done nothing to ease tensions at the Darwin detention centre.
In the last...
REFUGEE PROTEST TO MARK START OF HIGH COURT CASE
Refugee supporters will protest outside the Sydney court precinct, Queens Square, Macquarie Street, in Sydney between 9.00 and 10.00am, Wednesday, 8 February. Speakers at...
LONG TERM AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS STAGE MASS HUNGER STRIKE AT PONTVILLE: THREE HOSPITALISED
Frustrations over the Immigration department’s reneging on promises of community detention and bridging visas for long term detainees have spilled over to the Pontville...
Refugee activists bring in the New Year with protest at Chris Bowen’s office
Neither Malaysia nor Nauru; Lift the refugee quota, without conditions
Tuesday 10 January, 1.00-2.30pm, 398 Hamilton Rd, Fairfield West
Speakers include: Ian Rintoul (RAC), Jenny Haines...
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS INDONESIAN UNHCR REFUGEES: HYPOCRITICAL POLICIES ARE PUSHING REFUGEES ONTO BOATS
A group of Tamil refugees in Indonesia, recognized as refugees by the UNHCR, but rejected by the Australian government now say they have little...
DARWIN ASYLUM TENSIONS GROW: NO HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR DETAINEES
Tensions inside Darwin’s detention centres are growing.
The were more reports of clashes inside DAL 1, the family compound of the Darwin Airport Lodge low...
WHAT’S RIGHT FOR REFUGEES? ROBERT MANNE GETS IT WRONG ON OFF-SHORE PROCESSING
“Robert Manne’s argument that the only alternative is off-shore processing in Nauru is simply wrong. Any policy that starts with the idea of stopping...
AUSTRALIA SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS’ DEATHS AT SEA
Australia cannot evade its share of the responsibility for yesterday’s tragic sinking of another asylum boat off Java, according to advocates from the Refugee...
SECOND TAMIL DEPORTATION AVERTED BY LEGAL ACTION – REFUGEE ADVOCATES SAY DON’T DEPORT TO...
A second attempted removal of a Tamil asylum seeker has been averted after the government gave an undertaking not to remove him until the...
LEGAL EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO STOP GOVERNMENT DEPORTING TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKERS
Documents have been lodged in the Melbourne Federal Magistrates Court this morning (Thursday) seeking an injunction to prevent the government removing a Tamil asylum...
