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...
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...
Steph O’Donnell: ‘How I helped stop a deportation’
Steph O'Donnell spoke at a Refugee Action Coalition forum on how her action on board an Air China flight helped stop a deportation from...
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...
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....
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...
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...
US deal no solution
Over 18 months on, it's clear the US deal is no solution for most refugees on Manus and Nauru. Read more here.
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...
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...
