Refugees’ statement from new protests on Nauru
The increasing frustration at the lies and delays has seen two protests on Nauru - last Sunday and Monday nights - at camp 3. Below is the statement that they released:
We have waited...
Video from women on Nauru forum
There is growing outrage at the plans to send 267 asylum seekers back to Nauru and Manus Island. On Monday 29 February RAC hosted a forum to hear first hand accounts of the situation...
Open letter: No “East Timor solution”
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan for a regional asylum seekers’ processing centre in East Timor has caused widespread concern there, where political parties and non-government organisations – indeed the parliament – have all expressed...
Recordings from Cambodia deal forum
RAC hosted a forum "Cambodia isn't safe for refugees" to discuss the proposed refugee resettlement deal with Cambodia. You can listen to the speeches and discussion below.
Speeches
Discussion
Photos from Manus Island
Asylum seekers detained on Manus Island took these photos to let the Australian public know what conditions are like in the detention camp. Humidity can be over 70 per cent and temperatures often above...
After the Paris attacks: Stop the fear campaign against refugees
Refugee Action Coalition statement
The shocking terror attacks in Paris have produced horror and condemnation across the world. Such loss of civilian lives is tragic and deplorable, whether in Paris or in attacks in Lebanon,...
Families on Nauru
These photos from Nauru show the newly cleared Refugee Processing Centre 3, where family groups are being "accommodated": an isolated, bulldozed area with nothing but very hastily erected tents. Photos: J Jeremiah
New shocking photos from Manus Island
New photos that have surfaced from inside the Manus Island detention centre confirm everything that the detainees have been saying since the camp opened in November last year. The unhygienic conditions revealed in the...
Rally to Bring back Abyan. Close the camps, End the war on refugee women
5-6pm this Friday 23 October, Sydney Town Hall
Last Friday, Abyan, the 23 year old Somali victim of rape on Nauru, was seized from Villawood and forced back to the island prison of Nauru. Ayban...
