Tag: Refugees
Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US
Studying a Bachelor of Arts at AUT helped Guled Mire understand his place in the world, so that he can make a difference in...
NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status
By RNZ News
Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand.
Boochani has been in New Zealand since...
Refugees, asylum seekers flag fears over possible Brisbane virus hotspot
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane
Refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane have begun daily protests urging for their release after doctors and...
Port Moresby evicts West Papuan refugees from city settlement
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National.
National Capital...
Australia won’t meet Nauru, Manus resettlement target
By RNZ Pacific
The Australian government has conceded it won't meet its target of resettling 1250 refugees held on Nauru and Manus Island.
Home affairs minister...
Manus Island refugee granted Swiss asylum to fight on
By RNZ Pacific
A Manus Island refugee granted asylum in Switzerland will continue to fight for the freedom of refugees Australia detains in Papua New...
Manus Island police chief calls for state action over suicidal refugees
By RNZ Pacific
As the number of refugees attempting suicide continues to rise on Manus Island, the local police commander has called for the government...
Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?
OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud
I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that...
Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia's most valuable literary prize for a...
Nauru, PNG join Fiji in global ‘obstructed’ freedoms watchlist
Six in 10 countries now seriously repressing civic freedoms, according to findings in the latest Civicus Monitor, a global research collaboration tracking fundamental freedoms...
Refugee, migrant culinary delights boost new diversity cookbook
By Rahul Bhattarai
Students and staff gathered in Auckland last night to launch a cookbook with a difference celebrating culinary delights from refugee or immigrant...
Loss of MSF mental health carers from Nauru heightens fears for...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Health and human rights advocates fear the mental ill-health of refugees on Nauru could worsen following the Pacific government's move to...
Refugees, journalist detention in Nauru ‘overshadow Pacific issues’
Support was widespread for journalist Barbara Dreaver’s detention at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru earlier this month. But, reports Maxine Jacobs for Asia...
Stick to our Forum visa rules, Nauru warns media via Twitter
By RNZ Pacific
The Nauru government has taken to Twitter to warn journalists they are not above the law as they cover the Pacific Islands...
Media freedom commentators condemn Nauru ‘gag’ actions
By RNZ Morning Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived today for the leader's retreat at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru where she...
TVNZ Pacific reporter released after being detained in Nauru
Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver tells media of her three-hour detention by Nauru police after interviewing a refugee today. She was stripped...
Nauru authorities detain TVNZ Pacific reporter for interviewing refugee
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand journalist Barbara Dreaver has been detained by authorities in Nauru while covering the Pacific Islands Forum summit, reports Television New...
Baliau village apologises for assault on PNG’s volcano island journalist
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The village of Baliau on Papua New Guinea's Manam island has publicly apologised to an assaulted journalist reporting for The National...
Nauru refugee camp demolished to hide abuse, says rights advocate
By Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge of RNZ Pacific
The oldest refugee camp on Nauru is being demolished to hide abusive conditions from the Pacific Islands Forum, an...
Nauru media ban on ABC targets Australian detention centre gag
There has been much wringing of hands over Nauru’s ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for next month’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit. But,...
Protests gather force over Nauru ban on ABC from Pacific Forum
By Mong Palatino
Protests have been gathering force over the Nauru government ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover...
PNG condemned for sorcery attacks, police brutality and over refugees
Refugees and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have suffered repeated violent attacks and robberies by locals, says Human Rights Watch. Video:...