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...
MASS CURTIN HUNGER STRIKE CONTINUES; ANOTHER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Press release, January 19, 2011
The mass hunger strike at Curtin detention centre continues, with up to 1000 Afghan asylum seekers involved in the protest.
Despite...
REJECTION AND DELAYS PROVOKE HUNGER STRIKE AT CURTIN DETENTION CENTRE
Media release January 18, 2011
Up to 1000 Afghan asylum seekers at the Curtin detention centre have begun a hunger strike today. A group of...
AFGHANISTAN IS NOT SAFE, NO DEPORTATION TO DANGER
LEGISLATE FOR COMPLEMENTARY PROTECTION
Media release, January 17, 2011
Refugee groups today expressed their disappointment with the MOU on migration and humanitarian cooperation signed with the...
VILLAWOOD DETAINEES SUPPORT FLOOD VICTIMS
A large group of asylum seekers from various nationalities detained at Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre have expressed their deep concern for the victims...
