MEDIA RELEASE: Labor continues its cruel campaign to punish refugees and people seeking asylum, this time pushing forward with a callous new Bill designed to expand its powers to warehouse more people offshore, deport people to harm and overturn protection findings. The Migration Amendment Bill 2024, which was introduced into Parliament this week, has now
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MEDIA RELEASE: Refugees left destitute and starving in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by the Australian Government for over a year will finally have minimal financial support restored – but only if they meet impossible conditions that could see them homeless by Christmas. Refugees have been told by PNG Immigration and Citizenship Services Authority (ICSA) that
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MEDIA RELEASE: Refugees whose lives have been irreversibly damaged by unlawful detention are hopeful that justice may finally be on the horizon with a significant High Court hearing taking place in Canberra today. The High Court will hear two cases, including an intervention by ASRC’s Human Rights Law Program (HRLP), which challenge the constitutional validity
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE: Human rights legal experts and refugee advocates have slammed the Albanese Government for attempting to circumvent the High Court’s ruling yesterday that harmful restrictions on people released from detention are unjustifiable forms of punishment. Instead, the Government has opted to introduce sweeping new legislation that would reimpose invasive curfews and ankle bracelets, give
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MEDIA RELEASE: The situation for former Manus Island detainees abandoned in Papua New Guinea by the Australian Government continues to deteriorate, with more refugees and their families receiving eviction notices in the past fortnight. The threat of homelessness is exacerbating the serious mental and physical health conditions experienced by refugees who were cut off from food, financial
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