Australian Detention Centres

Last night's election win by Australia's Coalition government has dealt a blow to the hopes of more than 800 refugees stuck on Pacific Islands, RNZ Pacific's Johnny Blades writes.

New Zealanders detained in Australia are on a hunger strike because of the tightening of rules in the visitors policy at Villawood detention centre. Audio

US officials told about 35 refugees yesterday their applications had been approved and about another 40 were to be notified today, but hundreds of others are still waiting.

Kurdish journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani has been arrested during today's raid of the closed Manus Island detention centre.

None of the refugees occupying the former detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island left the facility today, despite pressure from authorities.

Extra police are on standby to assist Papua New Guinea's Immigration Department relocate refugees when the Manus Island detention centre closes.

Another refugee detained by Australia on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island has reportedly taken his own life.

An anonymous whistleblower from Australia's refugee detention centre on Nauru says four detainees have been refused abortions under a new policy.

Reports from Papua New Guinea's Manus Island say a refugee detained there has died.

Protest action has entered a second day at the refugee prison camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.

The White House has backtracked on a promise to honour a refugee deal with Australia, saying President Donald Trump is still considering whether it will go ahead.

Two Iranian men who were injured by police in Papua New Guinea have returned to court after being arrested for a second time.

A New Zealand detainee's mentally ill wife was left to look after their children while he was held in Australia.

Asylum-seekers in Papua New Guinea's Manus Island are reported to have briefly expelled all security guards from two compounds in the Lombrum detention centre.

Protesters who forced a suspension of yesterday's question time have again breached security at Parliament House in Canberra.

Close to 40 people protesting against Australia's detention centres suspended question time in Canberra after supergluing themselves to railings.

The number of people held in Australian detention facilities after committing crimes has fallen, but numbers on Christmas Island has increased.

New Zealander immigration detainees across the Tasman are held in a preventive detention usually reserved for serial killers, says an Australian professor. Audio