Unfinished business in the fight for refugee rights
The end of the Coalition government is very welcome—but the fight for refugee rights is far from over. On 13 February the new Labor government finally announced plans to honour its promise to grant...
Fight for refugees—and know where the parties stand
Refugee Action Coalition encourages you to vote for refugees, but more importantly get involved in the refugee rights movement. We want the Coalition kicked out, but whoever wins the election we will need to...
Ali Jenabi: smuggling refugees to freedom
Review of The People Smuggler, by Robin de Crespigny, Penguin, 2012
Mark Goudkamp, Refugee Action Coalition
IT IS December 2010. After finally being released from the Villawood detention centre, a refugee and his mother watch TV...
Organise a Bring Them Here action
Download materials to organise a "Bring Them Here" photo action at your workplace, school or community group
Resources
Download an A4 "Bring Them Here" sign here (shown at right)
Download a three page "Bring Them Here"...
Support Manus refugees: Organise a photo action
Download materials to organise a "Stand with Manus" photo action at your workplace, school or community group to support Manus refugees and asylum seekers
Two page A4 sign: We stand with Manus: Bring Them Here
Single...
Peter Dutton stirs racism for votes by backing white farmers
Peter Dutton has insisted that Australia grant special consideration to white South African farmers, via the provision of fast-tracked refugee visas. His comments showed obvious racism as he declared they “need help from a...
Morrison out, end the racism—What would a Labor government deliver?
Morrison out, refugees in
For the last six years the Liberals have imposed brutal policies against refugees.
On the eve of the election they were still stirring up racism and fear. Morrison and Dutton claimed refugees...
Tell Qantas: Don’t deport Priya and Nades to danger
On Thursday next week, 9 August, there will be actions happening outside Qantas and Jetstar offices in Melbourne and Sydney urging the airline to publicly commit not to participate in the deportation of Priya...
Sayed Kasim’s story
Sayed, who has recently been released from Villawood detention centre after being forced to flee first Burma, then Malaysia, asked us to post this thank you letter to his supporters, along with photos below...
Bill in Parliament to get all children and families off Nauru: Contact Labor MPs
Call for all Labor MP’s to support Independent MP Andrew Wilkie’s Bill to bring all children, their families and separated family units from Nauru to Australia.
Andrew Wilkie, supported by Adam Bandt (The Greens), and...
