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Human Rights Groups Claim Australia Is Ignoring Nauru Abuse

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 3rd August 2016 - Australia is deliberately ignoring the inhumane treatment of refugees held on Nauru in a bid to deter further asylum seekers from arriving in the country by boat, according to two …

NFPs Urged to Join Save the Children Campaign

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 4th February 2016 - Children’s aid agency Save the Children has called on other Not for Profit organisations to get behind a campaign to stop children being sent back to immigration detention following…

Save the Children Calls for Nauru Removal Compensation

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 19th January 2016 - The Australian arm of international aid charity, Save the Children, has said that its detention centre staff removed from Nauru deserve compensation, following a review that found…

Immigration Dept Knew Pregnant Refugee Still Wanted Abortion

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 5th January 2016 - Immigration officials were aware the 23 year old pregnant Somali refugee, known as Abyan, did not change her mind about wanting an abortion prior to being deported from Australia,…

Changes on Nauru No Guarantee of Safety

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 6th October 2015 - Moves to make Australia’s offshore Regional Processing Centre on Nauru an “open facility” will not guarantee the safety of asylum seekers and refugees on the…

Nauru ‘Not Safe’ – Senate

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 2nd September 2015 - Asylum seeker advocates have called for the Nauru detention centre to be shut down after a Senate inquiry found that it was not safe and that women and children had been subjected to…

Aid Agency Rejects Nauru Detention Claims

Lina Caneva, Friday, 3rd October 2014 - Aid agency Save the Children has rejected claims that their staff at the Nauru Detention Centre have fabricated allegations of abuse and self harm. The rebuff from the Not for Profit…

Twitter Call for Aussies to Write to Asylum Seekers

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th April 2014 - Prominent barrister and asylum seeker advocate Julian Burnside QC has begun a letter writing campaign to asylum seekers held on Nauru and Manus Island. Burnside is using the social…

Rebuff to Church Offer for Child Asylum Seekers

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 5th March 2014 - The Federal Government has turned down an offer from the Uniting Church in Australia for sanctuary for children without parents held on Christmas Island and destined for a life on…

Opinion

Report on Asylum Seekers Won’t Please Everyone

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 15th August 2012 - The Expert Panel’s Asylum Seekers Report emphasises it is presenting a suite of measures which would operate together: so there should not be “cherry picking”…

Not for Profits Slam Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 14th August 2012 -
Photo: http://www.democrats.org.au Not for Profits working at the coal-face with the increasing number of asylum seekers to Australia have slammed the Expert Panel report delivered…

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