Justice for refugees rally
2pm Sunday 20 March, Sydney Town Hall
* End detention, close the camps * Free the Medevac refugees
* Permanent not temporary visas * Resettle from Indonesia
* Action for Afghanistan – 20,000 extra visas now
Speakers include:
Thanush Selvarasa (Refugee released from Park Hotel, Melbourne)
Asma Nayim Ullah (Rohingya community youth leader and refugee on temporary visa)
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Join us for Sydney’s major rally for refugees before the election to demand freedom for those in detention, an end to offshore processing, and permanent visas and family reunion for all refugees.
Scott Morrison still wants to play border politics to distract from his failures over COVID. The cancellation of Novak Djokavic’s visa has given renewed attention to the “god-like powers” of the Immigration Minister. There are still 60 Medevac refugees in detention across the country, including those in the hotel, almost nine years after they were first sent to offshore detention. Another 200 are still languishing in PNG or Nauru.
Another 30,000 are living in the community on temporary visas, including those recognised as refugees on Temporary Protection Visas or SHEVs. They all face the prospect of being forced to return home to danger, and they are unable to bring family members to join them, even for those found to be refugees. The Murugappan family, too, are still unable to return to Biloela and have no certainty about their future.
The government has also left thousands of interpreters and family members of Afghan-Australians stranded in Afghanistan, allocating a pathetic 15,000 visas over four years, without raising the overall refugee intake.
Our protest will be part of a global day of action against racism and for refugees—to mark the UN day for the elimination of racial discrimination.
