MSF has described the mental health situation of men, women and children seeking asylum on Nauru as “beyond desperate”. Despite these horrific conditions, the government continues to detain 85 children and their families on Nauru. Many children have witnessed or...
Photo:Refugee Children on Nauru (World Vision) There are still 102 children on Nauru, and as you will note from the following articles, the condition of these children is in such a state as to call forth condemnation of their detention from anyone who has had access...
“Do you know anyone with a spare room or bungalow in or around the Richmond area? We are working with a man from Ethiopia who has work in a factory in Richmond which he wants to keep. However, his current housing is to be redeveloped and he needs to be close enough to...
Up to 1,600 cases of asylum seekers who were deemed to have entered Australia via Ashmore Reef and therefore made subject to offshore processing may need to be revisited. Photograph: Royal Australian Navy/PR IMAGE The various attacks on the law being made by the...
Australian expat Tom Burmester and former Manus Island detainee Pyae Sone Aung watch a World Cup game in Portland. Nearly all the stories we hear about the asylum seekers being held in detention on Nauru and Manus Islands are grim. Occasionally there are ‘good news’...
