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‘The Pledge’ to Asylum Seekers has been written to generate empathy, humanity and hope.
Julian Burnside: Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author.
Based in Melbourne, the ASRC provides support and advice for those seeking asylum in Australia.
Friday December 19th, 2014 - 9:55 am
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers shared Refugee Rights Action Network WA's photo.
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 9:16 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers changed their profile picture.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 7:45 pm
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Makes #illridewithyou a reality by connecting travel companions.
Anita CookThis is amazing, Tessa French.19 hours ago
John WalkerAn inspirational show of solidarity.19 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 7:34 pm
"The Pozible campaign is now live! We are raising money to complete the film – an animated short about Manus Island – and also to send $3000-worth of much needed items to men, women and children in offshore detention centres. Please share and support the project!"
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 7:20 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers added a new photo.
Julie GrantSo sad! So unnecessary! Why do we continue to put up with this government :(19 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 6:25 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers added 2 new photos.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 6:15 pm
More than 2,000 refugees from Myanmar have swapped the hot and humid tropics for the frozen Great Plains. They are from the Karen region and are an ethnic and religious minority that has been persecuted in the country formerly known as Burma. The migration has transformed the small community of Huron, with some locals saying they are "befuddled" by the new arrivals in Middle America. But the town's turkey factory has welcomed the new workforce with open arms.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:51 pm
Labor’s Richard Marles is just a watered down version of Scott Morrison
Labor's Richard Marles is just a watered down version of Scott Morrison
Mardi Cuming-DaviesI will never vote for them, while they hold such ridiculous, outmoded attitudes to human beings. They are so little better than the liberals that it barely rates a mention. Live and learn Labor.19 hours ago
Joanne SullivanVery disappointing. They really need to change their attitude and not stick with the populist approach ( which I deep down feel is not really theirs.)15 hours ago
Margie AndréasonGreens are the only option if you care about this issue....oh and that little climate change issue...oh and that little NBN issue...need I go on?16 hours ago
Melanie ToyerDidn't pick his audience well for this message. I still don't know what Shorten stands for. He can only be popular against a PM completely out of touch with the majority of Australians. He lacks the vision to truly inspire us16 hours ago
SirBenjamin DickerLabor is just "Liberal Lite".17 hours ago
Susan NewbyYes, he is (and not even that watered down).19 hours ago
John WalkerI thought we knew that already!20 hours ago
Paul Adams"Labor is now just a watered-down version of Liberal. [How] their politicians are hypocritical, manipulative, disingenuous, evasive and dangerous."18 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:36 pm
The SIEVX Memorial is Canberra's most memorable and affecting sight. 300 schools and community groups across the country worked to create the haunting and uplifting site at Weston Park. Stretching across 400 metres of lakeshore, it includes some of Australia's most beautiful student artworks, each naming and remembering one of the people who died. Attracting thousands of visitors, it has become a beacon of affirmation that we will not be defined by fear and greed.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:29 pm
You can always hope.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:26 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers added a new photo.
Paul AdamsAccompanied by an undercurrent of shame, resentment and desire for retribution.17 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:13 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers added 2 new photos.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:10 pm
Now this is interesting. Because Morrison seems to have made the decision to let them stay before the outcome from the court. "A Court will today decide whether Scott Morrison can deport 25 babies born in Australia to Nauru. Regardless of the decision, the Minister has the power to do the right thing, writes Katie Robertson."
The Fate Of Twenty-Five Families Hangs In The Balance | newmatilda.com
Anne TichborneCould it be that fear of the International Criminal Court is starting to bite?20 hours ago
Karima HaroonI hope the judge will let them stay21 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 5:06 pm
In Afghanistan, the local Taliban are growing increasingly confident now that foreign forces have largely pulled out of the country, resulting in yet another upswing of violence. One of the groups most at risk is Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Hazara minority, one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in the world; the Taliban were behind the massacre of up to 8.000 Hazara in the northern Afghan city of Mazar e-Sharif in 1997, as well as the massacre of around 300 Hazara in Afghanistan’s Yakawlang province in January 2001. Taliban massacres of Hazara are once again becoming commonplace, both in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. Read more:
Hazara Refugees Sent Back To Afghanistan By The Government Are Being Tortured By The Taliban
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 4:54 pm
Dozens of babies born to asylum seekers will not be sent to Nauru as part of a deal between the government and Senator Ricky Muir.
Sophie KennedyNo, it's not everything...but it means everything for those babies right now!21 hours ago
Michael BednarekI do think Ricky Muir, while maybe overwhelmed by being in the Senate, generally has his heart in the right place when it comes to asylum seekers.19 hours ago
Sue HamletWell that's something :)22 hours ago
Monique Schmidtthanks for sharing xo21 hours ago
Kate de JudeA small step not a giant leap.22 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 4:53 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers added a new photo.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 3:27 pm
Asylum Seeker enters 48th day of hunger strike in Darwin detention centre.
Iranian hunger striker enters 46th day without food in Darwin detention centre
Paul AdamsPlease. Do not let this tortured soul die. Australia, this is on your watch and on your conscience.23 hours ago
Julie GrantPlease hear this man out - he has clearly made a decision he'd rather die then return or stay in detention :( you are stripping people of the one thing they so dearly need - HOPE ...that's barbarian :(23 hours ago
Heather Patricia StoneThis is like the man who preferred to burn to death here rather than be refouled to where he was persecuted.20 hours ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 3:21 pm
THE government’s new asylum seeker laws could see genuine LGBTI refugees deported to oppressive regimes, refugee advocates and legal experts have claimed.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 1:18 pm
"hen I moved to Afghanistan to work as a lawyer with the UN mission’s human rights unit, one of my first meetings was with an Afghan teammate. He fled to Pakistan as a five-year-old to escape the Taliban and returned in manhood, at great personal risk, to press for his people’s human rights. Early into our conversation I dropped that I was Australian. What came next stunned me: he started crying." Read more:
After returning from Afghanistan, Australia's asylum seeker regime makes no sense to me |...
Robyn McintyreI have just spent three days working with Hazara families in Indonesia, helping them at a learning centre they have started for their children. What amazing people! I pleaded with them not to judge us by our government. I wanted them all to come and live with me.1 day ago
Dorothy PanelliSad circumstances in Afghanistan ... and an article that highlights the cruel incongruence of our asylum seeker policy and especially of our refoulement policies of these tortured suffering people when they reach our shores pursuing their human right to seek asylum. What can they possibly think of our two-faced-ness?1 day ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 12:46 pm
What can you say.
Indonesian MPs plan to shift asylum seekers to desert island
Nicole MousleyI think they mean "uninhabited". Things could get interesting on an uninhibited island! So disappointing they're following Australia's example.23 hours ago
Tanya HunterWe did it first!21 hours ago
Adam StuartNo doubt they have an eye on running for the Libs or the ALP here1 day ago
Chaz Lemaybe they should give back West Papua?22 hours ago
Kym AlexanderDisgust!!!!!1 day ago
Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 11:31 am
Awful.
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Thursday December 18th, 2014 - 9:29 am
Grant BoxerOffshore detention = total waste of money. Not to mention all the other things that are wrong with it.1 day ago
Jill Adrienne JacksonHear, hear5 hours ago
Wednesday December 17th, 2014 - 8:33 pm
Compassion Without Borders : Asylum Seekers added 2 new photos.
Martin ChestnuttOh wow! And raping another male isn't a homosexual act then ? Hypocrites1 day ago
Wednesday December 17th, 2014 - 8:11 pm
18-Year-Old Hazara Refugee In Indonesia Is Making Documentaries On His Smartphone
An 18-Year-Old Hazara Refugee In Indonesia Is Making Documentaries On His Smartphone
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Asylum Seeker & Refugee Events
Sue Bennett BradfordYesssssssss happy dance.3 hours ago
I'll ride with the hostagesVictoria martin, you have blood on your hands you leftist biitch! you campaigned to keep that Islamic terrorist ' Man Haron Monis ' here because if deported he would face.......*violin playing*... persecution,................and you will be hearing from us you Socialist evil biitch!4 hours ago