Anarchist Media
Sunili Govinnage The Guardian Two facts emerge as the UNHCR meets in Geneva to look at protection for refugees at sea: more people than ever are fleeing their country by boat, and deterrence doesn’t...
Ben Dohertyt theguardian.com, Tuesday 4 November 2014 11.16 AEST Tensions continue to escalate on Australia’s offshore island detention centres, with a further series of assaults on refugees on Nauru and rising disquiet on Manus...
REFUGEE ACTION COALITION MEDIA RELEASE A last minute application in Federal Circuit Court and an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Commission are underway to try and prevent the forced removal of an...
How good is this? SHIVERING in freezing conditions for five hours on Wollundry Lagoon on Saturday, Wagga man Scott Howie took a stand against perceived insensitivity over the plight of asylum seekers. Mr Howie took...
Writing letters to politicians is not something I usually put a huge emphasis on but it is one thing that can be done quickly from home without too much effort. The content of the...
Australian Federal Police dressed in riot gear have forcibly suppressed a peaceful protest on Christmas Island. While Immigration Minister and the mainstream media are reporting a ‘violent clash’, one needs only to look at...
The young man who was on a bridging visa set himself on fire on yesterday in Geelong. According to refugee advocates his name was Leo Seemanpillai. The 29-year-old Tamil man arrived in Darwin by...
from the Refugee Action Coalition For the third time in two weeks, there has been an attempted suicide by Manus Island asylum seekers trying to drown themselves. Today, Tuesday 13 April, a man believed...
From The Citizen X Disclosures Facebook page – The Iranian ethnic Arab asylum seeker, Amin Afravi GRL076 whose throat was cut by Manus locals and survived, has been told by Wilson that he...
In other news – Major upgrades to security at the Manus Island detention centre, including the installation of CCTV cameras and better fencing, had been recommended by the commander of Operation Sovereign Borders three...