In a report tabled in Parliament on Thursday September 12, the Australian Human Rights Commission found that the Commonwealth had breached the human rights of the families, who had children aged under six years old, when they were transferred to Nauru five years...
Unfortunately for the asylum seekers detained in our detention centres, and those trying to come to Australia, our governments, and certain sections of the Australian media, have successfully spread myths concerning them that have become entrenched in the minds of a...
The Medevac Bill was passed by Parliament; the suicides of detainees due to physical and/or mental problems continue and ‘hundreds’ of detainees have not entered Australia. But Minister Dutton’s opposition to it continues for spurious reasons. One needs to...
Because of the inhuman conditions and treatment of detainees in our Offshore detention centres, we can overlook the deliberately harsh conditions of our onshore immigration detention. The following description given by Jesuit Social Services describes the grim...
Behrouz Boochani analyses the reason for the “Stop the Boats” policy in operation for the past six years and supported, for various reasons, by both major political parties. Human rights doesn’t feature in this policy nor is there any genuine attempt to...
What’s in this issue Results of the recent election through the lens of an asylum seeker 8 most urgent changes needed for decency in the way we treat people seeking asylum Does religion make any difference to a new Government led by Scott Morrison? Employment...
