Fears for Tamil asylum seekers – one disappears in Sri Lanka and Indonesian navy...
Media Release December 3
Refugee advocates are calling on the Australian government and the International Orgnaisation of Migration to urgently intervene to guarantee the safety...
Merak asylum seekers appeal to Red Cross for humanitarian aid
Media Release November 25
Refugee advocates in touch with the asylum seekers on the boat at Merak, Indonesia, have refuted media claims that there has...
Appeal to the Australian government from Merak asylum seekers
Media Release November 18
The asylum seekers on the boat at Merak have issued an appeal to the Australian government. The statement dictated to the...
Refugee groups reject Sri Lankan government allegations against “Alex”
Media Release
November 7
Refugee groups have condemned the statements from the Sri Lankan government alleging that Alex is a people smuggler. “It is the Sri...
Julia Gillard brings shameful reminder of Tampa
Media Release Oct 15
“Julia Gillard’s claim that the Sri Lankan Tamils taken to Indonesia are Indonesia’s responsibility is a shameful reprise of the Tampa...
Refugee groups condemn Ruddock and the Liberals’ refugee bashing
Media Release 15 October
“Desperate Liberals, sliding further behind in the opinion polls, are trying to turn refugees into a political football once again. Ruddock’s...
Government policies are forcing asylum seekers to use people smuggers
Media Release
13 July 2009
The drama and uncertainty that still surrounds the fate of many of the asylum seekers whose boat got into trouble...
Some distressed boat people make it to land, but not all may be safe
Media Release
11 July 2009
Some of the 74 Afghan asylum seekers feared lost at sea Indonesian waters fours days ago have made it to land....
Rudd’s anti-people smuggling crusade is threatening asylum seekers lives
11 July 2009
Media Release
In the aftermath of the rescue of a 74 asylum seekers’ boat yesterday, the refugee advocate who alerted Australian border protection...
Government policy is creating the conditions for more tragedies
Media Release April 20
Refugee groups today warned that government polices of arresting asylum seekers in Indonesia and jailing Indonesia crew of refugee boats is...
