Media release May 21, 2010 SERCO AND IMMIGRATION FACE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS Eight Tamil asylum seekers facing charges resulting from a fight inside Christmas Island detention centre last year have ended their hunger strike after getting assurances that the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s office will investigate concerns at the length of time and the conditions under which […]
Media Release May 19, 2010 Eight of nine Tamil asylum seekers facing riot charges from a fight on Christmas Island in November last year have begun a protest hunger strike in Perth detention centre. The eight are angry at the long delay they are facing before trial. A hearing yesterday in the Perth Magistrates Court […]
Media release May 18, 2010 REFUGEE GROUPS CALL FOR END OF VISA FREEZE AND TO STOP TAMIL DEPORTATIONS The second report in less than a month has indicated that there is no justification for the Australian government freezing the visa applications of Sri Lanka asylum seekers. A UNHCR report, Cori Country report 2010 (http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4bd1aa632.html), documents […]
Media Release, May 6, 2010 As asylum seekers in Darwin detention centre received rejections from their first refugee assessment, refugee groups today condemned the Immigration Minister for playing a cruel hoax on asylum seekers taken from Christmas Island to the centre.
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