* More suicide attempts * Burmese roof top protest enters eighth day * Five graves dug in North One compound Refugee advocates have condemned government inaction at the Darwin detention centre. One week after the Four Corners program revealed shocking footage of self-harm and attempted suicide in Darwin detention centre, and six days after Shooty’s […]
A Tamil refugee in the Villawood detention centre has committed suicide in the early hours of Wednesday, 26 October. “Shooty”, as he was known to his friends, was taken to hospital after taking poison but died shortly afterwards. He had been in detention for just over two years and had recently been moved to the […]
COMMUNITY PROCESSING MUST START NOW The Refugee Action Coalition is calling a protest outside the Sydney offices of the Immigration Department, 26 Lee Street, 12.30, Wednesday 26 October. Speakers at the protest will include Dr Michael Dudley, chair of Suicide Prevention Australia. The protest will be calling for the Minister to end offshore processing and […]
A Burmese refugee in detention two weeks short of two years began a roof top protest at the Darwin detention centre Sunday night, 23 October, has resumed his protest on Monday 24 October. After receiving an electric shock from the electrified fences of the detention centre and developing chest pains on Sunday night, the man […]
A Burmese refugee in detention two weeks short of two years began a roof top protest at the Darwin detention centre Sunday night, 23 October. The 33 year-old Rohingyan man has been found to be a refugee but has now been waiting for two years for ASIO to complete his security check. He has knocked […]
There is a tense stand-off between Tamil asylum seekers and Serco guards at Scherger detention centre, following an assault on a Tamil refugee by a Serco officer at Scherger detention centre in far north Queensland. At around 1.20 pm (Eastern Standard Time) a Serco officer assaulted the Tamil asylum seeker in the internet room, leaving […]
Two serious self harm/suicide attempts in one day have rocked the Darwin detention centre. On Monday, 17 October, two Kurdish asylum seekers both in their early 20s attempted suicide in the space of five hours, between 12.30 and 5.00pm. Both are believed to be have been in detention around 20 months. Both are believed to […]
Sunday December 4 Meet 12pm Sydney Town hall Speakers 1pm Darling Harbour convention centre outside ALP conference Speakers: Ged Kearney (President, ACTU) Shane Price (NSW Co-convenor, Labor for Refugees) Ian Rintoul (Refugee Action Coalition) Hazara and Tamil refugees Initial endorsements: Chilout, Refugee Action Coalition, Labor for Refugees (NSW), National Tertiary Education Union (NSW), Australian Services […]
A funeral service will be held at 11.00am Monday 17 October in the Muslim section of the Rookwood cemetery for another male victim of the Christmas Island shipwreck disaster of December 2010. Relatives of the shipwreck victims living in Sydney have been notified and invited to attend the funeral. It is understood that the body […]
“The Refugee Action Coalition welcomes the fact the government has finally faced facts with its announcement that the government will process asylum seekers in Australia. But rather than leaving them on the table, the amendments should have been completely withdrawn. The Malaysia Agreement has already been a distraction for too long,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson […]
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