No Permanent Protection Visas to be granted to people who arrive in Australia without visas.
THIS is the excuse given for no releases from detention since Morrison took over.… Go to Article
Category: Refugees
My experience as a nurse on Christmas Island changed the core of my being
Working with asylum seekers as a mental health nurse has transformed me and challenged my ethics, but I am proud to have shown compassion to people with unbearably tragic stories
Refugee Convergence
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
By bus, car, plane and bicycle the people who will not be silent are converging on Canberra on Monday, 18 November.… Go to Article
Letter from Afghan MP’s about ‘Deporting to Danger’
This letter was sent by over 40 Afghan Members of Parliament urging the Australian government not to send Hazaras back to Danger and not to reinstate the disastrous Temporary Visa.… Go to Article
Refugee Roundups
Dear Friends,
Yesterday a number of people- refugees and asylum seekers were picked up and put back into detention.
Because of the cone of silence surrounding all things DIBP (Dept Of Immigration and Border Protection) we do not have a precise explanation as to who is at risk of re-detention > or what exactly could bring down this extreme penalty.… Go to Article
Detention child waiting
Please let me out…
It was in 2004 when the ASRC and the Iraqi and Afghan communities were engaged in the END TPV Campaign that we gathered at the ARTS CENTRE
where Alexander Downer was giving a speech of some sort.… Go to Article
Refugees, sea shepherds, and bankers…
Hi folks,
Greetings from France, where the European leg of my world tour has begun… Next is Germany, Denmark, Norway and Belgium, then North America. … Go to Article
Mounting fear in Darwin camps among Vietnamese asylum seekers
[Editor’s Note: Why do Australians go as tourists to countries (like Vietnam) that experience such poverty and social turmoil?
What benefit does it do impoverished Vietnamese people to watch wealthy western tourists traipse around their country slinging a few dollars here and there?… Go to Article
Refugees shot trying to leave
WILL THIS BE AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEK?
Two Palestinian refugees killed in emigration attempt from Egypt
Two Syrian-Palestinian refugees killed attempting illegal passage from Alexandria to Europe
Zeinab El Gundy, Wednesday 18 Sep 2013
Two Palestinian refugees, formerly detained at El-Gomrok police station in Alexandria (Photo: refugeesmovement Facebook page)
Egyptian security forces on Tuesday foiled an attempt by Syrian and Palestinian refugees to emigrate from Alexandria to Italy by sea, killing two of the refugees.… Go to Article
Wed 4th September meeting of the 17 Group
The next meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 4th of September at the slightly delayed time of 7.30 pm (note, not at the usual time of 7 pm) in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End.… Go to Article
Reminder ‘These Machines Cut Razor Wire’ Aug 31
Final reminder for the “These Machines Cut Razor Wire” show in Brisbane at Kurilpa Hall in West End on 31 August 7.30pm.… Go to Article
Open letter to Rudd & Abbott: a cruel and crass act of colonialism
Your personal act, but on behalf of the Federal ALP, to abrogate our Human Rights responsibilities relative to the UN Declaration on Refugees has now pushed this Country and its Society over the top and we stand bare and alone in shedding our collective decency as the now apocryphal “Land of the Fair Go.”… Go to Article
Coming of age in immigration limbo
By Nick Olle
Unaccompanied teenagers and young adults are among the hardest hit by the Australian government’s “abusive” treatment of “irregular maritime arrivals” seeking asylum.… Go to Article
Not in my name
Hundreds protest Kevin Rudd’s new policies on asylum seekers
Submitted by news 4ZZZ on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 – 11:30am
Over 100 people rallied at King George Square yesterday to protest Kevin Rudd’s new offshore processing and resettlement policy, vowing to continue the action every week until the plan is revoked.
Refugee Action Collective – Upcoming events
Kevin Rudd’s speech on Friday has motivated many people who have empathy with refugees to get active again.… Go to Article
Refugee Protests
Rudd has just announced devastating and inhumane measures against refugees, meaning that any refugee that arrives in Australia by boat, will be moved to PNG and will not be able to resettle in Australia.We… Go to Article
Refugees: Report on human rights in Iran
Relationship between political events and the death penalty trends in Iran – Iran Human Rights demonstrating the brutal link between Executions in Iran and elections.… Go to Article
Economic Migrants – Carr Humbug
Yet another realignment on refugee policy is rearing its head.
If the boats cannot be stopped or turned around, the rules must be changed.… Go to Article
Rudd: “Be afraid, be very afraid”
[Editor’s Note: Last night (28 June 2013) Rudd said Abbott’s policy of turning back the boats could lead to armed conflict with Indonesia … this morning voters are very worried about an incoming Indonesian missile in the seat of Griffith in Brisbane … The Australian has reported Kevin Rudd is out sand bagging bomb shelters in Balmoral today before his flight to Jakarta next week to prevent Konfrontasi … (NB: Balmoral is a suburb in the heart of Rudd’s electorate of Griffith)
WBT asks: This kind of rhetoric may help Rudd win the election but how does it help refugees in Indonesia?]… Go to Article
Refugee Action Collective: protest against Tony Abbott
Refugee Rights Convergence 2013
Protest for Refugee Rights outside Brisbane’s Detention Centre
Children, women and men are languishing in detention behind lock and key in detention centres in Australia, Nauru and Manus Island, including right here in Brisbane; and also on bridging visas in the community without enough to live on or the right to work.This… Go to Article
Sit Down – these stats will knock you over
-- Pamela Curr Campaign Coordinator Asylum Seeker Resource Centre 12 Batman st West Melbourne 3003 ph 03 9326 6066 / 0417517075 "AUSTRALIA.… Go to Article
Bad News Friday: between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea
[Editors Note: The exasperation in this note penned late in January 2013 could apply to any week during the term of this government.… Go to Article
Film screening and social: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:00pm in Freedom House, 69 Thomas St, West End.
The film is about the situation of asylum seekers in Indonesia.… Go to Article
Palestinian Detainee tortured and murdered
Minister Qaraqe holds Israel fully responsible for the murdering of detainee Arafat Jaradat, who was martyred on Saturday in the Israeli Prison ‘Majido.… Go to Article
RAC: Rally for Hazara rights and other events
Several events are coming up which are not RAC events, but are of interest to refugee supporters and deserve our support.… Go to Article
Hazara Genocide continues in Quetta
Another Bomb went off in a Hazara area in Quetta on Saturday (16 Feb 2013).
One of the men at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) refugee centre said that his 9 year old neice was injured by the blast which was near a school.… Go to Article
Refugee homestay initiative fails
Another positive initiative killed off before it could really begin.
… Go to Article“THE federal government’s much-heralded “homestay” program for asylum seekers has collapsed, with just four people who have arrived on boats currently staying with Australian families.
Rally at PNG Consulate! Close Manus Island
Close Manus Island! Rally at Papua-New Guinea Consulate.
When: 12 noon – 1pm, Tuesday, 12th February.
Where: Footpath outside Papua-New-Guinea Consulate, 320 Adelaide St, Brisbane (near Wharf St).… Go to Article
Tortured for Giving Care – Rula al Saffar Speaking Tour
Dear friends of the Bahraini Australia Youth Movement, I hope this email finds you well. Please find below the details of BAYM’s upcoming speaking tour of Rula al Saffar, President of Bahrain Nursing Society, starting next week!… Go to Article