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Media releases
May 29, 2017
Media Release | FORCED RELOCATION STALLS ON MANUS ISLAND 0
FORCED RELOCATION STALLS ON MANUS ISLAND The first efforts to force the relocation of refugees and asylum seekers in the Manus Island have stalled. Yesterday (Sunday 28 May), although the government has closed the internal gate of Foxtrot compound (photo attached), five Indian asylum seekers remained in N block (photos attached). The gate separates N(…)
May 5, 2017
Petition: Bring Them Here and Let Them Stay 0
We worked with RAN on this petition and decided that strategically it would be better to submit it to the parliament when both houses were sitting in June. (The shorter parliamentary sitting in May will be taken up by the Budget – good debt, bad debt, alternative debt…) So that means that we can continue(…)
April 15, 2017
1pm 17 April | Protest Manus Shooting – Bring Them Here Now 0
When: 1-3pm 17th April Where: State Library Close Manus, Close Nauru – Bring Them Here Now The shooting incident on Good Friday is a shocking reminder of the dangerous situation that exists on Manus Island for around 1000 refugees and asylum seekers that Australia still holds there. At least 100 shots were fired, including into(…)
March 24, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE | REFUGEE ACTIVISTS ACTION TO PREVENT DEPORTATION FROM VILLAWOOD 0
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE REFUGEE ACTIVISTS ACTION TO PREVENT DEPORTATION FROM VILLAWOOD Refugee activists have gathered outside Villawood Detention Centre to try and prevent the deportation of a 60 year-old Iraqi man, ‘Saeed’, who came to Australia in 2012. Saeed, from a religious minority in Iraq, faces persecution if he is forced to(…)
June 6, 2015
Minister Must Stop Playing Politics With Erfan’s Arm 0
Refugee Action Coalition- MEDIA RELEASE- MINISTER MUST STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH ERFAN’S ARM. Refugee advocates are maintaining their call for the Immigration Minister to bring the 11 year-old Iranian refugee from Nauru to Australia for an urgent operation to reset his broken arm. Having dropped India, the latest proposal is for the government to send(…)
