{"id":1857,"date":"2012-07-12T16:22:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2012-07-12T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T05:22:04","slug":"rac-forum-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=1857","title":{"rendered":"RAC forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deaths at sea, people smuggling and border security:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HOW “STOPPING THE BOATS” PUTS REFUGEE LIVES AT RISK
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Speakers:\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

TONY KEVIN<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor new book Reluctant Rescuers<\/em><\/a> on \u2018border protection\u2019 and A Certain Maritime Incident<\/em> on SIEV X
\nROBIN DE CRESPIGNY<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor The People Smuggler: The Oskar Schindler of Asia?<\/em><\/p>\n

6pm Monday August 6, Teachers\u2019 Federation building<\/strong>
\n 23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills (near Central station)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gillard government claims offshore processing to \u201cstop the boats\u201d can save lives. But in fact it is Australia\u2019s regime of criminalising people smuggling, which forces refugees to take unsafe boats, and the instructions to customs that their aim is to stop boats, not detect and rescue those in trouble, that have cost lives. This forum hear from two speakers who have investigated how.<\/p>\n

Tony Kevin’s new book Reluctant Rescuers can be purchased online at http:\/\/reluctantrescuers.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Read a review of Robin de Crespigny’s book The People Smuggler<\/em> here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deaths at sea, people smuggling and border security: HOW “STOPPING THE BOATS” PUTS REFUGEE LIVES AT RISK Speakers: TONY KEVIN Author new book Reluctant Rescuers on \u2018border protection\u2019 and A Certain Maritime Incident on SIEV X ROBIN DE CRESPIGNY Author The People Smuggler: The Oskar Schindler of Asia? 6pm Monday August 6, Teachers\u2019 Federation building […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-upcoming-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t