Refugee Update
Feb. 28th, 2016 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyAsylum seeker, 70, pleads with Peter Dutton not to go back to Nauru (GA, 27 February 2016). The Iranian asylum seeker is the oldest woman held in immigration detention. She suffers "chronic pain, nightmares, frequent fevers, leg problems, and poor eyesight. A 2015 document noted: 'she hits herself constantly to try and deal with the pain.'" She is currently in Wickham Point immigration detention centre with her two adult children, who also face danger if returned to Nauru. The family's story is another one of medical neglect and pointless bureaucratic cruelty.
Guards' conduct in Nauru getting worse (Julian Burnside's blog, 23 February 2016).
An open letter from Australia's legal community urges an end to offshore detention. (24 February 2016)
And despite everything, the boats keep coming: Asylum seeker boat turned back to Sri Lanka: Dutton (SBS, 23 February 2016) "We are dealing with possible ventures regularly," admits the Minister.
A Canadian news story on Australia's refugee camps (The National, CBC, 24 February 2016)
Guards' conduct in Nauru getting worse (Julian Burnside's blog, 23 February 2016).
An open letter from Australia's legal community urges an end to offshore detention. (24 February 2016)
And despite everything, the boats keep coming: Asylum seeker boat turned back to Sri Lanka: Dutton (SBS, 23 February 2016) "We are dealing with possible ventures regularly," admits the Minister.
A Canadian news story on Australia's refugee camps (The National, CBC, 24 February 2016)
