Although some initial meetings between Tamil asylum seekers and advisers have begun, the Nauru detention camp remains in turmoil. Around 20 people remain on hunger strike and another Iranian asylum seeker attempted to hang himself last night. He had been cut down and taken to the camp medical centre but his condition was unknown. Meanwhile, [...]
Despite the announcement that refugee assessments could start with the next two weeks, protests by asylum seekers on Nauru continue. One asylum seeker still has his lips stitched, while around 20 people remain on hunger strike – some since 19 February – 24 days.
The Nauru Director of the Department of Immigration has told a meeting of asylum seekers in the Nauru detention camp that their refugee assessments will begin “in about ten days.”
Asylum seekers on Nauru sent us the audio below of their recent protests. The recordings of two separate protests continue for over 20 minutes of chanting each but shorter selections from each are below.
Eight Iranian asylum seekers are into their 15th day with their lips stitched. And between 20 and 30 asylum seekers (including those with stitched lips) are on hunger strikes – around 15 of them for 15 days. Four hunger strikers are now in Nauru hospital, while another asylum seeker was transferred to Australia more than [...]
Asylum seekers on Manus Island report that they have had five days of acute water shortages in the detention camp, and the crisis seems set to continue. For three days after Sunday 24 February, there was no water between 10pm and 7am. On Wednesday, the water ran out twice for hours at a time and [...]
An Iranian asylum seeker in the detention camp on Nauru attempted to hang himself yesterday (Monday, 25 February) at around 3.30pm. He was found and assisted by other asylum seekers and has now been returned to the camp. Meanwhile up to nine asylum seekers remain with their lips stitched and more than 15 Iranian asylum [...]
Asylum seekers on Nauru are now on their fourth day of a sustained protest, according to information supplied this evening to the Refugee Action Coalition Sydney (RAC) from inside the Nauru camp. Seven detainees have now stitched their lips and have retreated inside their tents. A protest of more than 100 people continued in the [...]
Reports received this afternoon (Tuesday February 19) by the Refugee Action Coalition from inside the detention camp on Nauru indicate that fifteen refugees have started a hunger strike, and that four have stitched their lips. These developments come amidst a deepening crisis in the camp, and follow yesterday’s escape by five detainees. “Lip-stitching among asylum [...]
Five Iranian asylum seekers escaped from the Nauru detention centre in the early hours of this morning, in another sign of the spiral of despair inside the camp. Two of them have been retrieved and were brought back to the centre by about 8.30am this morning, but the others remain missing. “These escapes, just like [...]
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