ROOF TOP PROTEST AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE – 12 NOON, THURSDAY
Asylum seekers at Darwin detention will stage a roof top protest beginning at 12 noon Darwin time.
The protest is an escalation of the daily...
ANGER GROWS IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE AS PROTESTS ESCALATE
Tensions are growing inside the Darwin detention centre.
Up to 20 asylum seekers have buried themselves in a hole that has been dug in the...
REFUGEE GROUPS SLAM GILLARD’S REVIVAL OF MALAYSIA DEAL
CALL ON SUPPORTERS TO RALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO AND AT ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN DECEMBER
Refugee groups have today slammed the Gillard Government's...
GILLARD MISSES OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PRINCIPLE AT FRONT OF REFUGEE POLICY
Refugee groups today condemned the Gillard’s government’s announcement that it intends to change the laws to get around the High Court decision that the...
PROTESTS CONTINUE AT DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
The daily protests inside Darwin detention centre are continuing. For the last five days, up to 70 asylum seekers have been holding hourly protests...
DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE ON THE EDGE – GROWING PROTESTS AMID ATTEMPTED SUICIDES
Frustration is again boiling over in the Darwin detention centre. There have been six attempted suicides in the last two days – five on...
JULIA GILLARD’S OPPORTUNITY ON REFUGEES: REJECT ABBOTT’S NAURU OFFER – AND DROP ALL...
The Refugee Action Coalition has called on the government to drop all aspects of off-shore processing.
“Taking Tony Abbott’s offer to amend the Migration Act...
HIGH COURT A GOOD START: NOW END ALL OFFSHORE PROCESSING
This afternoon’s High Court decision highlights the deep and essential flaws in Australia’s refugee policy, according to advocates from the Refugee Action Coalition.
"The High...
ADVERSE SECURITY REFUGEES LODGE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT WITH GENEVA UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
In a significant international challenge to their detention, thirty-nine refugees who have been refused visas because of ASIO adverse security findings will lodge a...
SERCO CANCELS ASYLUM SEEKERS’ HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS FOR “TALKING”
“A disgraceful incident at Broome hospital today (Wednesday) has highlighted the contemptuous attitude of Serco staff to the welfare of asylum seekers they have...
