Refugee activists barricaded themselves in a room in the Mantra hotel in Preston for about seven hours. As the protest took place,a Tamil detainee attempted suicide in his room.
By writing out the role of the media and refugee advocates,the series does a disservice to those who worked to draw attention to those stranded in detention.
Before she died,security guard Diane Parker wrote to the Prime Minister about her PTSD. Now her family have joined 17 other former staff seeking compensation after the 2014 Manus Island riots.
Inspired by a true story,Stateless is a drama about four people and how their lives converge at an immigration detention camp in the desert.
As Christmas Island fills up with plane-loads of Australians the federal government is considering re-opening isolated mining camps to quarantine families.
He said the government may not be able to rescue them if they become stranded in a growing coronavirus lockdown.
A detainee claimed the Yongah Hill doctor had stopped giving out necessary medication and refused to renew detainee prescriptions.
Medevac provided a small reprieve for the acutely unwell. It also tacitly acknowledged our duty of care to refugees detained in our offshore centres. What now?
Behrouz Boochani was live streamed into the State Library of Queensland to discuss writing,power,freedom,humanity and the Australian immigration policy.
Ghanim al-Shnen survived separation from his homeland,from his family and even his arms. But next Sunday he will again trust God and put his best foot forward.
Immigration department confirms incident involving two-year-old Tamil detainee but denies she was injured.