Two-year-old in detention with head injury refused hospital care for seven hours,say advocates

Two-year-old in detention with head injury refused hospital care for seven hours,say advocates

Two-year-old Tharunicaa was struck on the head after a blackboard on the wall fell over at Broadmeadows detention centre on Thursday.

  • byYan Zhuang

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How did our treatment of refugees come to this?

How did our treatment of refugees come to this?

For 50 years,Australia was a global leader in protecting refugees. Now it violates its international legal obligations and seeks to deny refugees medical help.

  • byJane McAdam andFiona Chong
PNG Prime Minister calls for Paladin to lose its Manus contract

PNG Prime Minister calls for Paladin to lose its Manus contract

Prime Minister James Marape wants more local companies to provide the services.

  • byNick Bonyhady
UN group urges release of mother and baby from immigration detention
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UN group urges release of mother and baby from immigration detention

A UN working group says a Vietnamese mother and baby should be immediately released from immigration detention in Melbourne.

  • byNicole Precel
Escape from Woomera returns,as sadly relevant as ever

Escape from Woomera returns,as sadly relevant as ever

A 2003 independent computer game about the asylum seeker detention experience has been restored by Sydney art collective Applespiel.

  • byJana Perkovic
A long distance lunch with detained refugee writer Behrouz Boochani
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A long distance lunch with detained refugee writer Behrouz Boochani

From a guarded budget hotel room in Papua New Guinea to Sydney by Skype,detained writer Behrouz Boochani talks of using creativity as an act of resistance.

  • byTim Elliott
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Bring Behrouz home to Australia:he is one of us

Bring Behrouz home to Australia:he is one of us

The literary and journalistic communities have launched a campaign to bring Behrouz Boochani to Australia from Manus Island. His case is an emblematic one.

  • byArnold Zable
'We are part of Australian history':Behrouz Boochani,voice of exile

'We are part of Australian history':Behrouz Boochani,voice of exile

"Right now,unfortunately,the situation on Manus is even more critical. Almost every day there are suicide attempts and incidents of self-harm."

  • byArnold Zable
'Brutality':protests and violence at Melbourne detention centre

'Brutality':protests and violence at Melbourne detention centre

Up to 200 men have launched protests at a high-security compound at the MITA detention centre in Melbourne's north,protesting what they say are brutal conditions in the new compound.

  • byBianca Hall
'You meet your partners everywhere':An unlikely love story ends in court
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'You meet your partners everywhere':An unlikely love story ends in court

She was a guard. He was a detainee. Their future is now in the hands of a jury.

  • byAngus Thompson
Husband and wife charged over alleged $3m detention centre love scam
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Husband and wife charged over alleged $3m detention centre love scam

A Nigerian woman has been charged over her alleged role in a scam police say was being run by a detainee at Villawood Detention Centre with 16 mobile phones.

  • bySally Rawsthorne