Asylum Seekers
“Go back to where you came from” – new SBS series stirs up asylum seeker debate
“Go back to where you came from” is a controversial new reality TV style documentary which went to air on......
Refugee swap Malaysia – report from the ground
Mark Goudkamp from the Refugee Action Coalition has just returned from Malaysia and Indonesia. He witnessed firsthand the campaign against......
Inquest begins into Christmas Island boat crash tragedy
The inquest has begun into the Christmas Island boat crash of December 2010 which saw thirty people killed and twenty......
Who are the latest refugees that we’re sending away?
We know that there are 87 asylum seekers isolated on Christmas Island, awaiting deportation to a third country. We know......
Australia’s refugee “Malaysia solution”
Both sides of the political divide have criticised Julia Gillard’s “Malaysia solution” – where the next 800 refugees to land......
Staggering rise in number of asylum seekers in long term detention.
Refugee issues are increasingly on the agenda as the numbers arriving grow, and protests like the current one at Sydney’s......
Villawood erupts again
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen criticised rioting detainees who’ve been carrying a rooftop protest at the Sydney Villawood detention centre, saying......
Villawood violence further concerns about Tasmanian detention centre
The unrest at Villawood has served to further the concerns Tasmanians have over plans to build a new detention centre......
Libyan students looking for asylum
As many as 650 Libyan scholarship students who have demonstrated here against Gaddafi expect that they may may have their......
Isolated Curtin inmates’ plea for communication
Curtin detention centre is well and truly in the middle of nowhere, two and a half hours drive from remote......