Fourteen Medevac refugees begin hunger strike protest

Fourteen refugees brought from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac legislation in 2019 have begun a hunger strike in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation...

Escape tunnel to freedom found in Yongah Hill detention centre

An elaborate escape tunnel has been uncovered in the Falcon compound of Yongah Hill detention centre in Western Australia. The tunnel was discovered around...

Medevac refugees petition Home Affairs Minister for release

More than 60 refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac laws in 2019, and another nine who...

Government faces criminal charges over Villawood suicide

Refugee supporters will hold a protest outside the Downing Street Centre, tomorrow, 9.00am Tuesday 27 April. Inside the court, at 9.30am there will be a...

Armed Raskols terrorise asylum seekers in Port Moresby

On Tuesday, 20 April, an early morning attack on a Port Moresby apartment accommodation by an armed rascal gang in Port Moresby has left...

Kangaroo Point refugees now being moved to Melbourne detention

Seventeen Medevac refugees, twelve of those who were forcibly shifted from Kangaroo Point to BITA detention centre last Friday, were woken at 4.00am this...

Kangaroo Point Medevac refugees being moved to BITA by force

This afternoon, police and Serco officers are forcibly moving the remaining Medevac refugees from Kangaroo Point hotel to the Brisbane Immigration Detention Centre. Despite refugee...

Suicide attempt and bashing reveals mental health crisis in Brisbane detention centres

The release of Medevac refugees from the Kangaroo Point hotel earlier this week has increased the uncertainty and anxiety among those left behind, creating...

Ex-Nauru refugees released in Sydney and Darwin: Now free them all

The government’s capricious and chaotic release of refugees continues. Following the release of medevac refugees in Brisbane, yesterday and today (1 and 2 March), the...

Another 25 Medevac refugees released in Brisbane

Twenty-five Medevac refugees are being released on bridging visas in Brisbane this morning (2 March) - 23 from Kangaroo Point and 2 from the Brisbane...