Access to communication tools is limited, with men only given access to basic phones that don’t allow for messaging apps or video calls. Men have reported smartphones were taken off them when they arrived on Nauru and some have been refused requests to speak or video call with sick relatives. (!!!)

After almost a decade in immigration detention Mohamed Coker was told he would be put on a plane to Sierra Leone within hours

“…the evidence used against Mr Abdellatif in the Egyptian trial was obtained under torture.”
Mortimer criticised some of ASIO’s interrogation techniques as “unreasonable and unrealistic”, including conducting an eight-hour, 700-question interview during Ramadan when Abdellatif could not eat or drink in daylight hours.

People who fear persecution if forcibly returned to their country of origin are at greatest risk from new legislation introduced to Federal Parliament today, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) says.

“Turning up at an airport with a valid visa only to have it cancelled was extremely distressing. People have experienced stress and trauma and can now see family and be safe,”

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

At least 70 people have had to cancel or postpone travel while one man remains stuck in an Istanbul airport