DARWIN PROTEST ‘IN THE BALANCE’ AFTER IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS PLEAD WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS
After assembling to begin their protest this morning, asylum seekers at Darwin detention centre are waiting to meet the detention centre manager later this...
HIGH COURT ACTION TO CHALLENGE MALAYSIA DEAL
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the action in the High Court to challenge the lawfulness of the detention of the asylum seekers being...
DARWIN DETENTION PROTEST WARNING AS TENSION GROWS
Despite last minute pleas from immigration and Serco offcials, Darwin asylum seekers are determined to push ahead with a protest inside the detention centre...
MORE SELF-HARM IN DARWIN AS DETENTION CENTRE IN MELT DOWN
The Refugee Action Coalition has called for urgent government intervention in the Darwin detention centre, as the number of attempted suicide and self-harm incidents...
DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE; DETAINEES CALL FOR MEDIA ACCESS
One of the young Afghan roof-top protesters attempted suicide in the Darwin detention centre last night only hours after a mass hunger strike was...
HUNGER STRIKE SPREADS IN DARWIN DETENTION CENTRE
Up to 90 asylum seekers and refugees in the Darwin detention have joined a hunger strike in protest at the long delays in processing.
The...
Not Malaysia, Not Nauru – Refugee group condemns Abbott’s refugee-bashing trip to Nauru
The Refugee Action Coalition has condemned Tony Abbott’s trip to Nauru as a cheap publicity stunt.
“No doubt Abbott hopes the media will follow him...
BURMESE ROHINGYA REFUGEE’S HUNGER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK OVER ASIO SECURITY CLEARANCE
After 11 months waiting for his ASIO security clearance, with his wife and four children barely surviving on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Villawood...
ACTIVIST TO SPEAK ON FACT FINDING VISIT TO REFUGEE RIGHTS GROUPS IN MALAYSIA
Refugee Action Coalition activist Mark Goudkamp has just returned from Malaysia where he made contact with the growing campaign in Malaysia against the Gillard...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES TAKE URGENT LEGAL ACTION TO PREVENT SYRIAN DEPORTATION
Refugee advocates and Syrian democracy supporters are attempting to get urgent legal action to prevent the removal of a former Syrian citizen to Syria.
The...
