Posts Tagged ‘Immigration detention’

Australia’s inhumane treatment of refugees needs urgent attention

Thursday, October 12th, 2023

Shaminda Kanapathi is a Tamil from Sri Lanka who suffered dreadfully under the Australian-run immigration detention program in Papua New Guinea. While he now lives safely and productively near Finland’s capital of Helsinki, he is a prime example of why a parliamentary inquiry into this program on both the Australian mainland and offshore is needed Read more

Australian Border Force blocking church baptism of detention-born baby

Monday, November 5th, 2018

The Australian Border Force is preventing a baby who was born seven months ago in a Melbourne immigration detention centre from being baptised in a church, according to the family and a Catholic priest. A United Nations body is now examining whether Australia is breaching its human rights obligations by holding the infant in arbitrary Read more