#offshore detention

[veronicaawakens]

Don't forget to call your local, state and/or federal Labor member and tell them how disappointing you are that Labor is continuing to support offshore detention.

[andrewweldon]

From The Big Issue Australia, Sept '17. Manus is due to be closed next week, but offshore detention continues. It's cost 8.7% of the value of the Great Barrier Reef since 2012! 8.7!!!

[tearsofrefugees]

‘The wait is too long’: the refugees left in PNG after a decade in Australia’s offshore detention

In a climate of escalating violence and fear in Port Moresby, 52 asylum seekers – the tail end of the illegal regime – want their suffering

[tearsofrefugees]

Australia paid companies linked to suspected drug and weapons smuggling to run offshore detention, review finds

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says review shows offshore processing ‘used as a slush fund by suspected criminals’

[tearsofrefugees]

Offshore Detention Survivors Decry UK's Rwanda Scheme

Offshore detention survivors decry UK's Rwanda scheme

[tearsofrefugees]

Asylum seekers held in 'floating prison' sue government for breach of rights - Newsbook

A group of 32 asylum seekers, who were detained on board tourist boats in April 2020 after being rescued in the Maltese search and rescue region, have filed a Constitutional application suing the government for an alleged breach of their fundamental rights.

[tearsofrefugees]

Migrants offshore detention cost €1.7m, European countries to take 284 people

Malta has reached an agreement with a number of European countries to relocate 284 migrants previously held onboard tourist vessels outside territorial waters

[rightsinexile]

Australia offshore detention is unlawful, but does not warrant prosecution: ICC

The following article was written by Ben Doherty, reporter for Guardian Australia. The piece was published by The Guardian on 14 February 2020. 

Australia’s offshore detention regime is a “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment” and unlawful under international law, the international criminal court’s prosecutor has said.

But the office of the prosecutor has stopped short of deciding to prosecute the Australian government, saying that while the imprisonment of refugees and asylum seekers formed the basis of a crime against humanity, the violations did not rise to the level to warrant further investigation. [Read more here.]