CRACK DOWN BEGINS ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND – REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY “OPEN THE GATES”
Media release March 14, 2011
There are disturbing reports from Christmas Island asylum seekers that a number, perhaps 20, of the people who escaped from...
Asylum seekers break-out of Christmas Island detention centre
Media release, 12 March 2011
Reports from asylum seekers on Christmas Island indicate that at least 150 asylum seekers, believed to be mostly Iranian, have...
VILLAWOOD TAMILS’ CONDITION WORSENS ON SEVENTH DAY OF DRY HUNGER STRIKE
Media Release, March 8 2011
After seven days of a dry (ie not taking water or food) the condition of three Tamil refugees at Villawood...
ALL CHRISTMAS ISLAND DISASTER SURVIVORS MUST BE RELEASED
Refugee groups have welcomed the announcement that the government plans to release Seena, the nine year-old orphaned Iranian boy (and the family that is...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS SAY NO RETURN TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Media Release, 17 February, 2011
Refugee supporters and relatives of the survivors’ relatives again gathered at the Miowera Road gates of Villawood detention centre at...
REFUGEE GROUPS CONDEMN HEARTLESS IMMIGRATION TREATMENT OF DISASTER SURVIVORS
Media Release February 14, 2011
Refugee groups today condemned the callous handling of the victims and the survivors of the Christmas Island disaster.
“Instead of a...
TAMIL DETAINEE ASSAULTED AS TENSIONS BREW IN OVERCROWDED CHRISTMAS ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE
Media Release February 9, 2011
At least one Tamil detainee has been seriously injured on Christmas Island as overcrowding in the detention centre has seen...
OPEN LETTER CALLS FOR SCRAPPING THE EAST TIMOR REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE
Media release, February 2 2011
Refugee groups have called on the Gillard Labor government to scrap its proposal to build a Regional Processing Centre in...
HUNGER STRIKE WAS GOVERNMENT’S FAULT– DETAINEES TOLD THEIR CLAIMS WILL BE SPED UP
Media release January 21, 2011
“The Curtin hunger strike may be over but the issues are far from resolved,” says Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the...
FEARS GROW FOR WELFARE OF CURTIN HUNGER STRIKERS, MINISTER MUST INTERVENE
Media Release, January 20, 2011
Fears are growing for the welfare of the more than 800 hunger strikers at Curtin detention centre. The lack of...
