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Refugee Update
Jun. 9th, 2016 12:39 pmManus Island police presence stepped up as second challenge heads to court (GA, 8 June 2016). "Detainees say changes to regime are only cosmetic and they cannot move freely in the compound or leave without permission."
More on the 16 June hearing in Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court: Orders to close Manus detention likely before the Australian election (Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, 8 June 2016). Possible outcomes include "the release of all detainees into the custody of the Australian government."
Catching up on links:
Cocos Islander 'heartbroken' after women, children board plane with blacked out windows (ABC, 7 May 2016) | Asylum seekers deported from Cocos Islands arrested by Sri Lankan police (GA, 7 May 2016)
Immigration Department strikes secret compensation deal with Save the Children over Nauru expulsions (ABC, 6 May 2016)
Seven in 10 Australians think the government should do more to help refugees (GA, 19 May 2016)
When people smugglers were seen as heroes, and we welcomed the dispossessed (GA, 14 May 2016)
New Zealand reveals the emperor's new clothes (5 May 2016). Australia argues that the refugees on Manus are PNG's responsibility, yet vetoes their transfer to New Zealand. So who's in charge?
Doctors as an arm of border protection? That's a step too far (GA, 10 May 2016). "Why are you giving her antibiotics? Shouldn't you be deporting her instead?"
More on the 16 June hearing in Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court: Orders to close Manus detention likely before the Australian election (Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, 8 June 2016). Possible outcomes include "the release of all detainees into the custody of the Australian government."
Catching up on links:
Cocos Islander 'heartbroken' after women, children board plane with blacked out windows (ABC, 7 May 2016) | Asylum seekers deported from Cocos Islands arrested by Sri Lankan police (GA, 7 May 2016)
Immigration Department strikes secret compensation deal with Save the Children over Nauru expulsions (ABC, 6 May 2016)
Seven in 10 Australians think the government should do more to help refugees (GA, 19 May 2016)
When people smugglers were seen as heroes, and we welcomed the dispossessed (GA, 14 May 2016)
New Zealand reveals the emperor's new clothes (5 May 2016). Australia argues that the refugees on Manus are PNG's responsibility, yet vetoes their transfer to New Zealand. So who's in charge?
Doctors as an arm of border protection? That's a step too far (GA, 10 May 2016). "Why are you giving her antibiotics? Shouldn't you be deporting her instead?"
