BEATEN DETAINEE FACES DEPORTATION
Refugee groups believe that the Immigration department is making a further attempt to deport an Indian man from Villawood detention centre this (Thursday) morning.
After...
VILLAWOOD DEPORTEE BEATEN
REFUGEE GROUPS CALL ON MINISTER TO HALT VILLAWOOD DEPORTATION – COMPLEMENTARY PROTECTION LEGISLATION COULD SAVE HIM
BRUTAL ACTION A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME FOR...
ADVERSE SECURITY REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE: DARWIN PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR ASIO REVIEW
Just after midnight Monday night (15 August), a 29 year old Tamil refugee was taken from Villawood detention centre, to hospital, after swallowing cleaning...
17 YEAR OLD ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AHEAD OF MALAYSIA DEPORTATION
A 17 year-old female asylum-seeker due to be deported to Malaysia has attempted suicide in Christmas Island’s Bravo compound.
Reports from Christmas Island indicate that...
MALAYSIA DEPORTEES CALL FOR HELP, DECLARE HUNGER STRIKE ADVOCATES DEMAND ACCESS TO THE ASYLUM...
Refugee advocates tonight received a distressed call for help from one of the asylum seekers being held pending removal to Malaysia.
The short call said...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES CONDEMN UNFOLDING CRUELTY OF MALAYSIA DEAL, CALL PROTEST AT ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The treatment of the first 54 asylum seekers set to be deported to Malaysia under the Australian Government's so-called "Malaysia Solution" confirms why this...
TWO ATTEMPTED SUICIDES IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE OVERNIGHT
Refugee advocates have welcomed the Ombudsman’s inquiry into self-harm, but a second attempted suicide in Darwin detention last night has highlighted the desperate situation,...
LEAKED SERCO DOCUMENTS REVEAL HORRENDOUS SCALE OF SELF HARM AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN CHRISTMAS...
CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO SERCO MANAGEMENT OF DETENTION CENTRE
As revealed on the ABC’s Lateline, Thursday night, documents obtained by refugee activists in the Refugee...
MALAYSIA DEAL SMASHES INNOCENT LIVES, NOT SMUGGLERS’ BUSINESS MODEL
The government’s assurances of dignity and respect for asylum seekers transferred to Malaysia are meaningless, according to the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC).
Australia and Malaysia...
SCHERGER HUNGER STRIKE ENDS – BUT DARWIN ESCALATES
Around 100 asylum seekers at Scherger detention centre have ended their hunger strike at about 1.30 pm, Monday 25 July.
The end of the hunger...
