SCRAP THE PEOPLE SMUGGLING LAWS – INVESTIGATE THE AFP NOT REFUGEES
Predictably enough, the Four Corners people smuggling program has resulted in an outpouring of anti-refugee sentiment.
Both sides of politics have taken the opportunity to...
IT IS THE GOVERNMENT, NOT PEOPLE SMUGGLERS THAT HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS
The Four Corners’ people smuggling program has only added to the demonisation that surrounds the media and politicians’ portrayal of people smugglers.
Rather than exposing...
REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR RE-OPENING BOAT TRAGEDY INQUIRY AND TO SCRAP PEOPLE SMUGGLING LAWS
Refugee advocates are calling for people smuggling laws in Australia and Indonesia to be scrapped.
“The recent revelations in the Fairfax press (see here and...
REFUGEE SUPPORTERS TO HOLD PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON VISITING VILLWOOD REFUGEES
Refugee supporters will hold at protest at Sydney’s Villawood detention to call for an end to the restrictions recently imposed on visiting refugees at...
REFUGEES STRIP-SEARCHED AS SERCO CRACKS DOWN ON ASIO NEGATIVE REFUGEES
Following a report on ASIO negative Tamil refugees, aired on the ABC’s current affairs programme, 730, on Monday night, Serco guards raided and searched...
MERAK TAMIL REFUGEES PROTEST IN MEDAN: AFTER THREE YEARS
TAMIL REFUGEES NEED URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR RE-SETTLEMENT
Protest: Monday 21 May, 9.00.
Tamil refugees from the Merak boat still waiting for re-settlement after three years will...
IMMIGRATION ACTS TO RESTRICT DETENTION CENTRE VISITS
Refugee advocates are alarmed at the spate of politically motivated decisions by Immigration Department officers barring visits to detention centres.
In the last week, Ian...
IMMIGRATION SPOKESPERSON SANDI LOGAN CAUGHT LYING ABOUT KIDS IN DETENTION
Spokesperson for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Sandi Logan, has claimed on twitter that no children are detained behind barbed wire. The claim...
ABORIGINAL PASSPORTS ISSUED TO INDEFINITELY DETAINED TAMILS, DENIED AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY ON ‘SECURITY’ GROUNDS
On Monday 14 May, 12.30pm, Aboriginal passports will be issued to two Tamil men currently held at Villawood Detention Centre who have being indefinitely...
ASIO NEGATIVE TAMIL REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE – SECOND IN TWO MONTHS
A Tamil refugee with an ASIO negative security finding attempted suicide in the early hours of today (Friday) morning. He is the second ASIO...
