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...
NATIONAL MEETING OF REFUGEE GROUPS REJECT LABOR CONFERENCE RESOLUTION, PLANS CAMPAIGN
A national meeting of refugee groups from around Australia, yesterday afternoon rejected amendments to the Labor Party platform that will re-open the door to...
BOWEN’S TALK OF RAISING HUMANITARIAN INTAKE NO MORE THAN CYNICAL POLITICKING AHEAD OF ALP...
The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) has dismissed Chris Bowen’s call for an increase in Australia’s humanitarian intake as nothing more than a shabby political...
STATELESS ASYLUM LIP STITCH PROTESTERS DECLARE HUNGER STRIKE
The three Faili Kurd asylum seekers who have had their lips stitched together since last Monday are continuing their protest and have now declared...
GOVERNMENT’S BRIDGING VISA ANNOUNCEMENT IS A PIECEMEAL, FIRST STEP BUT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO...
The Immigration Minister’s announcement that asylum seekers are being released from detention on bridging visas has been welcomed as a very modest first step...
