As reported previously, the Australian government has unleashed a new wave of repressive laws and actions against asylum seekers. Earlier this week, in the offshore 'penal colony' of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, conditions for asylum seekers became so intolerable that they staged a protest action. This provoked a brutal response from authorities that left one person dead and many others injured. Solidarity protests against the Australian government’s policies are being organised nationally, click here and here for more information. In the same week, an Indian student died in a detention centre on the Australian mainland to the indifference of the Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison.
As reported previously, the Australian government has unleashed a new wave of repressive laws and actions against asylum seekers. Earlier this week, in the offshore 'penal colony' of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, conditions for asylum seekers became so intolerable that they staged a protest action. This provoked a brutal response from authorities that left one person dead and many others injured. Solidarity protests against the Australian government’s policies are being organised nationally, click here and here for more information. In the same week, an Indian student died in a detention centre on the Australian mainland to the indifference of the Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison.
