Senator Chris Evans gave Australia a glimpse of a more decent refugee policy.
In his short time in the Immigration portfolio, he brought the Rohingyan and Tamil refugees off Nauru and closed the camp.… Go to Article
Category: Refugees
Close Manus Island: Rally at PNG Consulate
Close Manus Island: Rally at PNG Consulate
Hi all,
The Papua New Guinea opposition leader Belden Namah is mounting a legal challenge to Australia’s offshore detention centre on Manus Island, arguing that people can only be detained for lengthy periods in PNG if they have broken the law (see the Refugee Action Coalition’s media release here: http://www.refugeeaction.org.au/?p=2458… Go to Article
Manus Is.: PNG Opposition Leader court action against government
PRESS STATEMENT
Opposition Leader Hon. Belden Norman Namah
MANUS ASYLUM PROCESSING FACILITY
…
20th January 2012
B1 Conference Room, National Parliament
It is with regret that I confirm that I have, as the leader of the Opposition, commenced legal proceedings against the Government of Papua New Guinea.… Go to Article
Manus gone mad and bad
REPORT FROM FAMILIES ON MANUS ISLAND ON UNHCR VISIT- what a pity they are forbidden to take photos.
Hi there,
Yesterday guys from UNHCR (Halpurga Erslbrecht, Ben Farrel, Chris Leati)and DIAC (Kanwal Josan, Nikki Keirven) came to Manus Detention.
A 7 year old child speaks from Manus in words and art
How much longer are Australians going to allow their politicians to hide behind the three unwise men in recommending this punitive dumping of people onto the most inhospitable, disease ridden, poverty stricken Pacific Islands.… Go to Article
Urgent alert – unaccompanied children about to be sent offshore
Message from Manus ” I think tomorrow many single boys are coming to Manus island.
If they arrive tomorrow I’ll tell you about it.… Go to Article
The no advantage test
This table can be used through the silly season when the GUTTER PRESS are likely to start running stories of asylum seekers living the lush life in order to drum up hate and bitterness among those so inclined.… Go to Article
PShift: Lies and Silence – media bias in Australia
I was born without a passport
I grew up
and saw my country
become prisons
without a passport
— Without a Passport by Rasheed Hussein
PShift Intro
Song for Gaza – Phil Monsour
This is part two of a series dealing with this topic – this time we are speaking of Palestine.… Go to Article
Refugee Activities on Human Rights day
Dear friends of the refugee rights campaign,
Please take note of the events coming up in the next few days. I do feel it’s most important, as the public discourse represented in the mainstream media and politics, descends into complete insanity, that those of us who have insight and knowledge of the situation about asylum seekers and refugees, should not hide ourselves, but rather make what we know to be the case, more generally known.… Go to Article
Don’t Let Omid Die
The Patient
He sat there in the shadows just inside the entrance to the prison block,
Thin and black, he was hard to make out in the dark.… Go to Article
Bahraini refugees join Sydney rally protesting Israel’s massacre in Gaza
TODAY 12PM: Bahraini refugees join Sydney rally protesting Israel’s massacre in Gaza
Today the Bahraini Australian Youth Movement (BAYM) will participate in a rally organized by Palestinian Action Group Sydney (PAGS) at Town Hall at 12 pm, condemning Israel’s most recent aggression and massacre in Gaza that has killed 163 Palestinians thus far including children and women.… Go to Article
‘The Great Default’ by Israel
I AM sitting here writing this article 39 years to the minute from that moment when the sirens started screaming, announcing the beginning of the war.… Go to Article
Women, children main victims of attack, says Gaza hospital
“Israel is doing all it can with precision bombing to minimise civilian casualties” — Israeli Propaganda [quote by ‘Shirl in Oz‘]
GAZA (IRIN) – The nurses at al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip have seen bombing casualties before, but never on this scale.… Go to Article
Rally against Pacific Solution 2.0.
REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE, QLD
Rally against Pacific Solution 2.0.
Saturday, 27th October, 1pm. King George Square, City.
Not Nauru, Not Manus Island, Not Malaysia.… Go to Article
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza
… Go to ArticleIn Washington, D.C. In 2010 an expert at a seminar said of the 2009 Israeli attack on Gaza " It's unfortunate, but every once in a while you have to mow the lawn.
Bahraini refugees rally in support of NSW teachers against O’Farrell’s education cuts
The Bahrain Australia Youth Movement (BAYM) will join NSW teachers today who are rallying statewide against cuts to education by the O’Farrell government in the latest budget.… Go to Article
The Unaccompanied Minor
She reminded me of my daughter with her dark intelligent eyes And her brown hair bunching in lazy curls about her shoulders.… Go to Article
Australia’s Tent Diplomacy
The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru has — for the first time — voiced its frustrations over the Australian government’s decision to re-open the controversial asylum seeker processing camp on the island.… Go to Article
16 year old boy killed by security forces in Bahrain as crackdown intensifies
10:30PM EST: The Bahrain Australia Youth Movement has received reports that a 16 year old boy, Ali Abbas Rabhi, has been killed by Bahraini security forces on the Al’Baridye highway in West Manama, Bahrain’s capital city.… Go to Article
The People Smuggler
ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood
An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself at the Villawood detention centre overnight. The man has been in detention for over three years.… Go to Article
Non-RAC events of interest to refugee supporters
Non-RAC events of interest to refugee supporters
Campaign meeting of Brisbane Rohingyans & their supporters.
The Queensland Rohingya community in Brisbane would like to thank you for attending the information session we had organised on the 1st of Oct 2012.… Go to Article
Tamil asylum seeker attempts suicide in Melbourne
A Tamil asylum seeker scheduled who faced deportation to Sri Lanka today (Wednesday 31 Oct 2012) has attempted suicide in the early hours of this morning.… Go to Article
NAURU – PHOTOS and Story
A Weekend Of Protest On Nauru
By Adam Brereton
Asylum seekers detained on Nauru mounted hunger strikes and protests over the weekend.… Go to Article
Refugee Action Collective events & organising meeting
Several upcoming events of interest to refugee supporters
Community BBQ
Sunday 28th October, 10am
Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks.
Public transport: 468 bus from Oxley Station.… Go to Article
A story that may not be a story
This may get a lot of airplay today depending on how convinced the Media unit at the Minister’s office are. It is worth remembering that this is not the first time that the Sri Lankan Government has made claims of piracy by Tamil Asylum Seekers.… Go to Article
Booklaunch: Tony Kevin’s Reluctant Rescuers
Booklaunch this week, rally next week
Where: Avid Reader Bookshop, 193 Boundary St, West End. When: 6pm Wednesday 17th October. Entry: $5.… Go to Article
Tony Kevin’s ‘Reluctant Rescuers’
Dear friends and refugee supporters,
Please find below the details of next Wednesday’s booklaunch of Tony Kevin’s “Reluctant Rescuers”, about the truth of asylum seeker deaths at sea.… Go to Article
Refugees: off-shore nightmare for families to start this week
Disturbing information is coming from Christmas Island. Staff are reporting that women and children will be among those flown to Manus Island next week at a rate of 120 per week.… Go to Article
Refugees: UK Hazara Deportations
The story below is in UK tabloid media.
The concerns raised below the story come from Refugee advocates in the UK who are fighting against the appalling decisions made by their refugee determiners on Afghan Claims.… Go to Article