Refugees
Welcome to Australia – a positive message for refugees
Welcome to Australia is a new movement aiming to send a more positive message during Refugee Week. The groups was......
Refugee Week
As the Gillard Government try to finalise their refugee-swap agreement with Malaysia, Communities in Australia and around the world are......
ICJ dubs ‘Malaysian solution’ a breach of the law
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has today denounced the Government’s plan to process asylum seekers in Malaysia. Non Profit......
Parliamentary inquiry into mandatory detention?
The Coalition is pushing for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the Immigration Detention processes – and calling for independents, and the......
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......
The Malaysian ‘Solution’?
This week the Gillard Government announced their “Malaysia solution” to combat over-crowding in Australia detention centres. Today they’ve come under......
Refugee law experts: Gillard’s PNG plan expensive, ineffective and perhaps illegal
The number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat has more than halved since last year according to the......
Will children be returning to detention in higher numbers?
Human Rights activists have called on Julia Gillard to keep her promise on getting children out of Australia’s detention centres.......
Another detention centre death
The Federal Government is once again facing criticism of its detention policies, after the death of another asylum seeker at......
Court hearing continues for Inverbrackie children
Two Iranian children who were removed from the Inverbrackie Detention centre are continuing Federal Court action against the Government until......