MERAK TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER HOSPITALISED AS INDONESIAN DETENTION TAKES ITS TOLL – CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND
Media Release June 4, 2010
REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL MERAK ASYLUM SEEKERS
One the Merak Tamil asylum seekers, a woman with two...
OMBUDSMAN INTERVENES – TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKERS END HUNGER STRIKE
Media release May 21, 2010
SERCO AND IMMIGRATION FACE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
Eight Tamil asylum seekers facing charges resulting from a fight inside Christmas Island detention...
WHERE’S THE JUSTICE? – TAMILS FACING RIOT CHARGES BEGIN HUNGER STRIKE
Media Release May 19, 2010
Eight of nine Tamil asylum seekers facing riot charges from a fight on Christmas Island in November last year have...
SECOND REPORT SAYS SRI LANKA ISÂ UNSAFE
Media release May 18, 2010
REFUGEE GROUPS CALL FOR END OF VISA FREEZE AND TO STOP TAMIL DEPORTATIONS
The second report in less than a month...
DARWIN ASYLUM SEEKERS REJECTD. REFUGEE GROUPS CONDEMN IMMIGRATION MINISTER’S CRUEL HOAX
Media Release, May 6, 2010
As asylum seekers in Darwin detention centre received rejections from their first refugee assessment, refugee groups today condemned the Immigration...
UNHCR REVIEW–SRI LANKA IS UNSAFE: REFUGEE GROUPS CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO UNFREEZE SRI...
Media Release April 28, 2010
“The release of the UNHCR review into Sri Lanka has blown a huge hole in the Rudd government’s justification for...
VILLAWOOD TAMIL HUNGER STRIKEÂ CONTINUES
Media Release April 22, 2010
Nine Tamil asylum seekers are on their third day of a hunger strike protest against the threat of being deported...
MERAK TAMILS MADE IT TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND. UNHCR PROCESSING BEGINS AT TANJUNG PINANG....
Media Release, April 21 2010
Refugee advocates today confirmed that around 50 Tamil asylum seekers from the boat at Merak made it to Christmas Island...
Seven month standoff ends as Merak asylum seekers forced off boat. Resettlement ball now...
Media Release, April 19, 2010
Indonesian police and navy personnel this afternoon Jakarta time have acted to force almost 200 Tamil asylum seekers off their...
Refugee groups condemn reopening Baxter and Curtin detention centre–the worst of the worst
Media Release, April 18 2010
Refugee groups today condemned the Immigration Minster’s decision to re-open Curtin detention centre to house detainees whose visa applications have...
