Statement by RAC Sydney opposing ‘Norfolk Island proposal’

Refugee Action Coalition Sydney notes with dismay the proposal to detain asylum seekers or refugees on another small island, Norfolk Island this time. When word...

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...

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...

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...

Afghan deportation on hold

The 65-year-old Afghan asylum seeker the government wants to deport to Afghanistan has been given a reprieve, until his court case can be heard....

Hunger strike at Villawood ends

The hunger strike at Villawood has ended on Sunday March 13--below is the text below of a letter sent by the strikers to the...

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...

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...

Statement on last night’s protest outside Tony Abbott’s dinner

Fabrications, distortions, exaggerations, and disappointing reporting Christine Forster’s allegations about the protest at Friday’s Liberal Party fundraising dinner have been widely reported in the media....