It’s not refugees destroying jobs, Peter Dutton

RAC's James Supple writes an op-ed for SBS online, arguing Dutton's foul comments were a calculated effort to turn refugees into scapegoats.

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 of the contents of this article reached Manus and Nauru,...

Omid Memorial Fund

Omid, an Iranian refugee who set himself on fire on Nauru, died in a Brisbane hospital on 28 April. The Omid Memorial Fund was set up by the Refugee Action Coalition and Mums For...

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...

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 declared it will offer sanctuary to the refugees. The pressure...

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,...

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...

No turn-backs; no offshore processing: An appeal to delegates of the national conference of...

Refugee activist groups around the country have produced this statement to distribute to delegates to this weekend's Labor Party national conference A humanitarian refugee policy cannot be achieved by lessening or trading off the recognised...

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 below for details. Last week, the Liberals and the ALP combined...

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 Sydney in December I’m going to talk a bit about my...