Open Letter to Australian Hospitals
To the Directors of Medical Services Australian hospitals 11 Dec 2020 RE: Post discharge planning for refugee patients from detention We...
Open letter in support of paramedics and other health professionals
November 2020 We have been concerned for some time with regard to the health and wellbeing of people held in immigration detention. We...
URGENT call to the Australian Commonwealth: Transfer refugees into the community to stem COVID-19 pr
Doctors for Refugees, the Public Health Association of Australia and members of Australian OPCAT* Network call on the Australian...
Statement from The College of Psychiatrists
(Twitter: Nick Mckim) With events on Manus Island continuing to evolve. The following statement this year from The Royal Australian and...
Dr Paddy Mclicky Travels to Canberra and Sydney
Dear Members, I recently made a trip to Canberra and Sydney to engage in various networking activities, and I have complied a brief...
HAMID KHAZAEI: CORONIAL INQUEST HELP NEEDED TO ENSURE JUSTICE
(IMG supplied by Ian Rintoul/RAC) Hamid Khazaei Inquest On Monday the 28th of November the Coronial Inquest into the death of Hamid...
In the Media: Doctors for Refugees Clinical Advisor Dr Clare Arnott
Doctor Clare Arnott is a cardiologist from The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. She is a member of Doctors for Refugees who has...
At What Cost? Report from Save the Children Australia and UNICEF Australia
The At What Cost? report lays out the full toll of Australia’s immigration policies which are designed to deter asylum seekers arriving...
Media Coverage of the Challenge to the Border Force Act
The above young boy and his family were mentioned in the Huffington Post article below. Doctors For Refugees are calling on this young...
CHALLENGING THE BORDER FORCE ACT
On the July 27, 2016, Doctors For Refugees filed a High Court challenge to the Border Force Act of 2015. This action has been spearheaded...
