NZ may help decide Nauru detainees' fate Sydney Morning H 30.12.2003
New Zealand and the United Nations refugee agency were negotiating over the future of some of the women asylum seekers being held on Nauru, the Federal Government said last night.
18 hunger strikers in hospital The Australian 30.12.2003
More asylum seekers have been taken to hospital on Nauru suffering dehydration as the hunger strike by detainees continues.
Three hunger strikers take food The Australian 30.12.2003
A United Nations promise to review refugee claims in light of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan has convinced three asylum-seekers to withdraw from a hunger strike.
Hunger strikers pull out The Australian 30.12.2003
Three asylum seekers have withdrawn from a hunger strike protesting against their detention on the island of Nauru, the Immigration Department said today.
Govt 'liable if hunger striker dies' The Australian 23.12.2003
The Australian government would be legally liable if any of the 36 asylum seekers on a hunger strike in Nauru died, former Labor Senator Margaret Reynolds said last night.
Don't involve kids, detainees told The Australian 23.12.2003
Asylum seekers staging a hunger strike on Nauru have been warned not to involve children in their protest.
Hunger strikers increase to 36 The Australian 23.12.2003
The number of asylum seekers on hunger strike in Nauru increased to 36 today as Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said they were not the Australian Government's problem.
Vanstone: protest is not our problem Sydney Morning H 23.12.2003
The number of asylum seekers on hunger strike in Nauru increased to 36 yesterday as the Immigration Minister, Amanda Vanstone, said they were not the Australian Government's problem.
Police block protesters The Australian 23.12.2003
Police today held back about 80 demonstrators as they attempted to storm a press conference by Immigration Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone in Melbourne.
Thanks for the refugee camps, Nauru, how would you like to be Australian? Sydney Morning H 23.12.2003
Nauru's entire population could be offered Australian citizenship and resettlement under a proposal being developed by the Howard Government.
