Refugee rights campaign wins as children come off Nauru
Are the children coming off?
After over five years of campaigning, the refugee rights movement has had a major victory: the government has said all...
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...
No to offshore detention: Not here, not Denmark, not anywhere
Australia has pioneered a virus of human rights abuse that is now spreading across the globe.
Australia was the first developed nation to implement...
Nurses, teachers, doctors, academics… How can we get in the way to #LetThemStay?
The #LetThemStay movement has seen a wave of grassroots action to stop the removal of the 267 asylum seekers. Alongside churches, Victorian Trades Hall...
High Court decision a small step for ASIO negative refugees: Now Minister must act
The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed today’s High Court decision regarding the ASIO negative refugees. “It is a small step, and will apply to...
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...
A letter from Manus Island by Behrouz Boochani
After four years of detention on Manus Island, the author writes a poet’s manifesto for the refugee resistance in which he has found himself...
Urgent funds needed – help us close Manus Island
We urgently need to raise $20,000 to ramp up a major PNG legal challenge to offshore processing on Manus Island. Please donate – see...
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...
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