Asylum Seekers
Seena: the face of children in detention
Recently orphaned refugee Seena has sadly become the face for refugee children in detention. Further adding to his trauma, today,......
Detention Centre Orphan
The tragic image of 9 year old orphaned Seena weeping at the funeral of his father in Sydney could be......
Asylum children in mental health crisis
Children incaracerated in immigration detention centres around Australia are at risk of a mental health epidemic. Refugee activists are calling......
Amnesty International condemn Australia’s refugee policy as backwards
Amnesty International worries that the Australian government is going backwards on their refugee policy. They want a more humane approach,......
Government’s offshore policy in tatters
The High Court of Australia handed down a landmark decision which holds, that offshore processing should be fair. But there’s......
High Court ruling will impact offshore processing system
The High Court have ruled that two Tamil’s who had their claims of asylum rejected were processed unfairly under Australian......
Abbott hears concerns about Adelaide detention centre
Debate continues over the detention centre in the Adelaide hills town of Woodside in South Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard......
Women in Black
The federal government took residents by surprise last week when it announced 400 asylum seekers will be housed in a......
Detention policy change criticized as too little too slow
A friendlier more humane policy is how the government is seeking to present new changes to the rules on mandatory......
Asylum Centre sparks confusion
The Federal Government’s plan to create a regional processing asylum centre in East Timor has sparked confusion within the refugee......