Asylum Seekers / Commission concerned for detainees during COVID The Australian Human Rights Commission has again publicly called for the Commonwealth government to transfer into the community, those immigration... 20 Jul 2020 Asylum Seekers / Time for action on OPCAT PIAC welcomes the release of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s recommendations for how Australia should implement the Optional Protocol to... 2 Jul 2020 Asylum Seekers / Asylum seekers held in prison-like conditions for record periods People in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres are now held for an average of about 500 days: an all-time high,... 20 Jun 2019 Asylum Seekers / Life saving medication secured for asylum seeker with Hepatitis C Legal action and strategic advocacy by PIAC’s Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project has ensured access to curative Hepatitis C medication... 5 Jun 2019 Asylum Seekers / Major breakthrough: Hepatitis C treatment secured for onshore detainees Asylum seekers with Hepatitis C in onshore detention will now have access to curative medication following advocacy by PIAC’s Asylum... 22 May 2019 Asylum Seekers / PIAC Welcomes Passage of MedEvac Bill PIAC welcomes the passage of the Home Affairs (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 by Commonwealth Parliament. Otherwise known as the ‘MedEvac... 13 Feb 2019 Asylum Seekers / AHRC releases Villawood and Yongah Hill inspection reports The Australian Human Rights Commission has released its latest inspection reports of the immigration detention facilities at Villawood and Yongah... 10 Jan 2018 Asylum Seekers / Treatment of asylum seekers in detention an onshore problem too: Jane Leibowitz Right now, more than 1,250 people – most of whom are seeking Australia’s protection from persecution – are being detained... 2 Nov 2017 Asylum Seekers / Five things you may not know about health care and immigration detention Did you know that every day asylum seekers in Australian onshore detention centres are suffering without a basic, enforceable right... 1 Jun 2017 Asylum Seekers / Asylum seekers on Manus Island commence class action A class action is commencing this week for 1905 asylum seekers who are seeking compensation for physical and psychological injuries... 30 May 2017
