In a shocking example of the abuse and mismanagement of Australian detention centres, a mentally ill, Tamil refugee was bashed by Serco guards at Villawood detention centre in the early hours of Saturday morning, after being coaxed down from the top of a shipping container.
Around 20 Serco officers were involved in the incident, although […]
Asylum seekers supporters are shocked and saddened at the announcement that an Iranian asylum seeker has died in Liverpool hospital in the early hours of Monday morning, 27 February.
It is understood that the man, just 45 years old, suffered a heart attack at the detention centre on Saturday morning and was admitted to hospital.
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Media Release: Attempted Suicide at Darwin Airport Lodge
ANOTHER ASYLUM SEEKER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AT DARWIN’S AIRPORT LODGE
A Tamil asylum seeker has been taken to hospital after attempting suicide by hanging in the early of hours of this morning, at the Darwin Airport Lodge detention facility.
Around 12.30 am this (Thursday) morning, the man who has been in detention for 27 months, was […]
Around 40 refugee supporters from the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN) travelling to Leonora this weekend have been shocked to discover children who have been in detention for over a year when they visited the remote Western Australian detention centre.
Around 140 unaccompanied minors have been moved in recent weeks from Christmas Island and Darwin […]
A man in Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) has lied on the dirt floor curled up in a ball clutching at the wire fence. He spent a full night in the cold lying by the fence clutching the wire and refused food and water. One of the teenage boys put a blanket on him and […]
DASSAN Press Release: Serco Ruins Christmas for Children in Detention
The private corporation that runs Darwin’s detention centres has ruined Christmas for some of the close to 200 children detained in Darwin detention centres.
The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network (DASSAN) together with ChilOut, an organisation which advocates for the rights of child asylum seekers, had organised for Christmas gifts to be delivered […]
Media Release: Darwin Asylum Tensions Grow: No Happy New Year for Detainees
Tensions inside Darwin’s detention centres are growing. The were more reports of clashes inside DAL 1, the family compound of the Darwin Airport Lodge low security facilities this (Sunday) afternoon. The Refugee Action Coalition was told that ambulances had again been called to the compound.
Meanwhile in the main detention centre, NIDC, frustrations among long […]
RRAN Meetings
RRAN WA and Fremantle RRAN meet the first Monday of the month at 6.30pm at the Boorloo Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen Street, Perth (just north of the McIver Train Station or online via Jitsi. For more details, send us a message via our Contact RRAN WA page, or call/text us on 0412 860 168. Contact Fremantle RRAN
Serco Staff Ignorance
Over the Christmas period refugee advocates in DASSAN (Darwin Asylum Seeker Support Action Network) attempted to brighten the lives of children in detention by providing them with gifts from the broader community. These attempts were met with resistance and un-cooperation by Serco. Refugee advocates and organisation ‘Serco Watch’ posted a media release by DASSAN about […]