{"id":787,"date":"2010-10-29T10:45:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T10:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=787"},"modified":"2010-10-29T10:45:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T10:45:49","slug":"press-release-citizens-against-an-australian-asylum-seeker-processing-centre-in-timor-leste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: Citizens Against an Australian asylum seeker processing centre in Timor-Leste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Timor-Leste speaks out against Australia\u2019s asylum plans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PRESS RELEASE<br \/>\n11 October 2010<br \/>\nFor immediate release<br \/>\n***************<br \/>\nTonight Ms. Dinorah Granadeiro, Director of Timor-Leste\u201as NGO Forum, presented a public petition to the Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship at an invitation only reception in Dili.<\/p>\n<p>The petition opposes an Australian asylum seeker processing centre in Timor-Leste. It highlights Australia\u201as poor human rights record in asylum seekers and emphasized Australia\u201as responsibility to receive asylum seekers on its own soil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reject any proposal for an Australian refugee detention centre in Timor-Leste,\u201d said Ms. Granadeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Granadeiro also gave the Minister an open letter stating several problems with Australia\u201as plan. The letter emphasized that an asylum seeker processing centre distracts from Timor-Leste\u2019s own needs, such as supporting health care, housing and education.<\/p>\n<p>Few people in Dili were aware of the Minister\u201as visit beforehand and the petition only began late Sunday afternoon. Organizers were overwhelmed by the response.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n* Citizens Against an Australian Asylum Seeker Processing Centre in Timor-Leste<br \/>\nEmail: sidadaunsira@gmail.com,<br \/>\nMail via FONGTIL, Caicoli, Dili, Timor-Leste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timor-Leste speaks out against Australia\u2019s asylum plans PRESS RELEASE 11 October 2010 For immediate release *************** Tonight Ms. Dinorah Granadeiro, Director of Timor-Leste\u201as NGO Forum, presented a public petition to the Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship at an invitation only reception in Dili. The petition opposes an Australian asylum seeker processing centre in Timor-Leste. [&hellip;]<\/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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-statements"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/311091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}