Offshore/Regional processing and detention

Protesters demandedLabor end immigration detention and offshore processingand provide permanent safety for all refugees. It also called for an end to boat turn-backs. Alex Salmon reports.

Actors' strike, arrests in West Papua & 10 years of offshore detention. July 22, 2023.

Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

Boat turn-backs. Offshore Detention. Refusal to settle groups of refugees in Australia. This triad is the 10-year-long contemporary White Australia policy of governments, Labor and Coalition. Jonathan Straussargues for the need to stepup the pressure.

In acase brought by Iranian Kurdish refugee Mostafa Azimitabar (“Moz”), Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy ruledthat whilehotel detention is inhumane, it is stilllegal. Chris Slee reports.

Jordana Silverstein, author of Cruel Care: a history of children at our borders and three child refugees spoke to aRefugee Action Collective-organised forum. Chris Slee reports.

Labor voted against a Green's motion to bring about 130 refugees from Papua New Guineaand Nauru to safety in Australia. Paul Gregoire reports.

A placard remembering Reza Berati

Reza Berati’s death has become a symbol of the brutality and impunity of the offshore imprisonment ofasylum seekers and refugees,argues Janet Parker,on the ninth anniversary of his brutal death on Manus Island.

Manus Island protest 2017, Behrouz Boochani inset

Kurdish-Iranian activist, author and film producer Behrouz Boochani discusseshis latest bookand Australia's refugee detention regime.

Kurdish Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani launched his new book at UNSW, telling a packed-outaudience that thousands of refugees are still in limbo. Niko Leka reports.

A group of Iranian refugees are continuing their round-the-clock sit-in outside the Immigration Department. Chris Slee reports.

Refugee supporters rallied at Sydney Town Hall on July 24 to call for justice and permanent protection for refugees. Isaac Nellist reports.

Nine years too long: Brisbane rally for refugee rights

Protesters chanted “Nine years too long, free the refugees”while marching through the streets of Brisbane on July 23, reports Alex Bainbridge.