Union leaders join International protests to say No to Indonesian Solution
Media Release January 19, 2010
“International protests have put the Rudd government on notice that the world is watching what happens to the asylum seekers...
Sri Lanka is not safe for asylum seekers or refugees
Media Release January 15
Refugee groups today completely rejected claims by the Sri Lankan government that asylum seekers or refugees could return to Sri Lanka...
Tamil Christmas Island protest wins visas refugee advocates call for UNHCR refugees to be...
Media Release January 8, 2010
Late Thursday afternoon (7 January), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship announced that 16 Sri Lankans and 5 Afghan asylum...
Christmas Island Tamil detainees protest over slow processing
Media Release January 5, 2010
Over 400 Tamil asylum seekers at Christmas Island have begun a protest boycott of activities inside the detention centre as...
Jakarta refugee protest condemns Indonesia Solution
Media Release December 28, 2009
Around 40 people staged a lively protest outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Monday, 28 December.
A large banner in...
Australian humanitarian visa application forms confiscated, as Merak asylum seeker “disappears” after arrest at hospital
Media Release December 28
Refugee activists in Indonesia are extremely concerned at the fate of one of the Tamil Merak asylum seekers, “Sammy”, who was...
Refugee groups to hold protest at Australian embassy, Jakarta, 28 dec
Media release December 28
A coalition of Indonesian democratic rights organisations, including Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Legal Aid Foundation, Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance...
Tragic death of asylum seeker at Merak legacy of Indonesian Solution
Media Release December 24
“The tragic death of a young Tamil man on board the refugee boat at Merak was completely avoidable,” said Ian Rintoul,...
Refugees tell Australian government, “Act compassionately–there is no Indonesian Solution”
Media Release December 21
As Tamil Oceanic Viking refugees arrive in Australia, those on the boat at Merak and in immigration detention in Indonesia have...
Indonesian protest in support of Merak asylum seekers
Media Release December 3
A coalition of Indonesian activist groups is holding a rolling protest in Jakarta, Friday 4 December, in support of the Tamil...
