Stories by Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge

It's barbaric a suicidal refugee was held in a police cell on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, an advocate says. Audio

An outbreak of typhoid fever has struck refugees detained by Australia on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.

Groups opposed to sea bed mining in Papua New Guinea want the government to cancel licences given to embattled miner Nautilus.

A new council at the university of Papua New Guinea could soon be appointed, an academic who led last week's staff boycott says.

Staff providing services to refugees on Manus Island have walked off the job in protest. Audio

Australia's opposition should force New Zealand's refugee resettlement offer through parliament, Manus refugees say.

Refugees who could be building a better Australia are having the best years of their lives wasted in detention on Manus Island, an artist says.

More refugees detained on Manus Island will die in the coming days unless they are taken out of Papua New Guinea for medical treatment, the Catholic church says.

As the health crisis in offshore detention deepens, a refugee hopes his 6th Christmas on Manus Island will be his last.

The reputation of Papua New Guinea's Manus Island has been smeared and its people need to be compensated, a church leader says. Audio

A refugee detained on Manus Island will fight for an Oceania boxing title in Papua New Guinea. Audio

There have been more than 27 suicide attempts in the last two weeks by refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, a refugee says.

The medical crisis among men detained on Manus Island has been overshadowed by the children's health crisis on Nauru, refugees and their advocates say.

The Australian government's plan to evacuate all refugee children from Nauru by the end of the year may be forced on it by the Federal Court and could be too late. Audio

A senior emergency doctor from Melbourne has self-funded a trip to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island to assess the health of refugees. Video, Audio

The New Zealand government has confirmed its offer to resettle refugees from Australian offshore detention is for 150 per year.

The oldest refugee camp on Nauru is being demolished to hide abusive conditions from the Pacific Islands Forum, an advocate says. Audio

A book written in detention by a refugee on Manus Island is a work of art before being an act of resistance, the author says. Audio

Refugees exiled to Manus Island and Nauru by Australia have a new champion in the form of a boxer who says he is fighting on their behalf. Video

There are calls for a formal system to help the descendants of blackbirded Pacific Islanders find their relatives. Audio

A doctor and a lawyer advocating for a Manus Island refugee with a heart condition say Australia is neglecting its responsibility to provide him with adequate healthcare. Audio

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

As the humanitarian crisis on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island deepens, one of the refugees detained there by Australia has been rescued by Canada. Video

Refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island say they are not surprised by the PNG Supreme Court's decision not to order the restoration of vital services to the detention centre. Video

Refugees detained on Manus Island say they have mixed feelings about news that 54 of Australia's offshore detainees have been accepted for resettlement in the US.