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24.01.2022 This is important. Peter #Dutton this week in Parliament did the first reading of proposed amendments to Migration Act where he seeks to make it law that Peopl...e who travel here by boat or in regional transitory country [Manus and Nauru] can never settle in Australia. No other county in the world has sought to implement a permanent ban on refugees who seek asylum by sea, of their legal right to seek refuge in their country. It’s a breach of the Refugee Convention and would be unprecedented.

23.01.2022 Manus Governor Charlie Benjamin has called on Australia to "take responsibility" and move the refugees off Manus and out of PNG, amid a growing self-harm crisis.... Join us on 20 July to mark six years of offshore detention and demand they #BringThemHere www.facebook.com/events/365439064071668

20.01.2022 Learn more about the happenings on Australia's inhumane detention centres with Refugee Action Coalition Sydney RAC's forum tomorrow.

20.01.2022 UNSW CRAC was part of this massive campaign to close offshore detention centres. We will continue to fight until every single person brought here and brought here for good.

17.01.2022 We must condemn and fight against the maltreatment of any refugee, regardless by which political party it is perpetuated by. From @MRacMC (Twitter)

15.01.2022 For my Design Honours, I produced a graphic design novel called 'Liminality' to address the feelings of limbo and ambiguity that refugees and asylum seekers go through in Australian detention centres. This book explores the story of two composite characters Fatima and Sajjd and their experiences in detention. This space of legal and moral exclusion has subjected them to conditions that has impacted both their physical and mental health. Many refugees and asylum seekers have fled from war torn countries, yet for some reason, they have been treated as criminals on Australian shores? https://liminality-graphicdesignnovel.squarespace.com/

15.01.2022 A few of us from UNSW CRAC coming out to protest at the 6 Years Too Long! Bring Them Here! rally at Town Hall today Such a great one!

15.01.2022 sick of australia running concentration camps?

13.01.2022 \_()_/ who would be surprised at the christian lobby's selective outrage?

11.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/2585396901471400/ Hey everyone! RAC (Refugee Action Coalition) is hosting an intro to refugee activism info night on Monday! Lots of stuff on how you can help and be more involved if you're into it! Check it out, shall be fun!

10.01.2022 'My hand is on my heart': Jacqui Lambie votes with government to repeal medevac legislation The Morrison government has repealed refugee medical transfer rule...s and restored its border protection regime amid uproar in the Senate over a "deal that dare not speak its name" with Tasmanian independent Jacqui Lambie. The Coalition gained support from four of the six crossbenchers in the Senate to repeal of the regime by 37 to 35 votes shortly after 11am on Wednesday, dismantling rules that were passed over government objections in February. An emotional Senator Lambie declared she would vote for the repeal of medevac because she was satisfied with the conditions to be applied to asylum seekers wanting medical assistance. "I did not accept that we could just go back to the way things used to be and I asked myself how we'd have to do things differently," she said. "I'm not being coy or silly when I say I genuinely can't say what I proposed. I know that's frustrating to people. And I get that. I don't like holding things back like this. But when I say I can't discuss it publicly due to national security concerns, I am being 100 per cent honest to you." Greens leader Richard Di Natale immediately accused the government of lying over the vote because Finance Minister Mathias Cormann claimed there was no "secret deal" while Senator Lambie said there was. The Coalition has 35 votes in the upper house and needs four of the six crossbenchers to gain the 39 votes required for a majority. It repealed medevac with support from Senator Lambie, independent Cory Bernardi and the two One Nation Senators, Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts. While the government avoided any show of jubilation after the vote, the outcome is a significant victory for Mr Morrison after last week's defeat on industrial relations law, a delay to religious discrimination law and weeks of questions over Energy Minister Angus Taylor. The Morrison government cleared the way for the final outcome with a series of procedural votes in the Senate that went ahead smoothly, with Senator Lambie never wavering in her support, guaranteeing the numbers against Labor, the Greens and Centre Alliance. The procedural votes fuelled talk Prime Minister Scott Morrison had secured an agreement with Senator Lambie to dismantle the medevac regime. Senator Lambie has pushed for a shift in government policy on settling refugees in New Zealand but the government has resisted the idea of accepting the New Zealand government's offer to take 150 refugees each year from Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Senator Lambie has refused to reveal the conditions for her support for the government's attempts to dismantle the medevac rules and restore the full discretion of federal ministers to accept or reject medical transfers to Australia. Labor Senate leader Penny Wong accused the government of striking a "deal that dare not speak its name" and attacked the attempts to force a vote in the Senate on Wednesday without full disclosure of any agreement. The government leader in the upper house, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, dismissed the attack by arguing Australians knew where the government stood on border protection. "There is no secret deal. There is no secret," he said. When Labor attempted to stall the process by moving that the bill could only be considered after the government produced the documents showing its deal with Senator Lambie, the government secured the numbers to press ahead toward a final vote. Senator Hanson argued for the restoration of the government regime by claiming asylum seekers were "swallowing stones" to claim the need for medical help in Australia so they could apply to stay. "How many of those people have actually been sent back? None. They are using it as a back door to get into the country," she said. "We will be supporting this bill very, very strongly." Speaking after the repeal, Senator Di Natale warned of the harm to asylum seekers. "Medical care is a fundamental human right, and today the government, along with Senator Jacqui Lambie, voted to remove that fundamental human right to people who are suffering," he said. "It is cruel, it's brutal, and it is a sign that this is a government that will do whatever it takes to keep this secretive and brutal regime under a shroud of secrecy."

07.01.2022 Jewish refugees crossing borders in Europe to escape Nazi Germay were called 'illegal immigrants'. They were denied asylum, just like refugees and asylum seekers are today. From Oceania to Europe, those that attempt to help refugees seek asylum are also criminalised, and we can't stand for it any longer! Join the student contingent next tuesday (9th July) to join the main rally to show that not only do we reject the establishment cracking down on those helping refugees, but w...e appreciate and love those that do! (Heres the main event link as well :) ) https://www.facebook.com/events/468466167272695/

05.01.2022 https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au//dutton-slammed-/

04.01.2022 Scott Morrison has been a heartless criminal since he shat himself at engadine maccas a long time ago. In the 5 years since this video was taken, Morrison has gone from Immigration Minister to Prime Minister. This is the kind of country we live in. Its a country were we agreed to the 1951 Refugee Convention, but neglect to give refugees and asylum seekers satisfactory medical care. Instead, after fleeing intollerable conditions, we leave them indefinitely in concentration cam...ps, the condtions of which are so inhumane that some are broken to the point that suicide seems like the only remaining asylum. If you feel angry, sad, confused or disillusioned with the way our country treats those fleeing persecution, you should come to the 6th anniversary since they opened the camps. Its been 6 years too long, and we are getting sick and tired of this! https://www.facebook.com/events/365439064071668/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xSan_4M48

03.01.2022 "To those who continue to push for the timely and humane treatment of refugees; please don’t give up. This cruelty must stop at some point. The enduring disgrace that offshore processing has become, a financially ruinous debacle that extorts vulnerable nations and exerts a terrible price on those who asked us for help must end. Australia is a country with a once proud history of accepting people who sought refuge by boat. Now it is seen as one who seemingly delights in punching down on those same people. This episode continues; I hope for some actual leadership to end this sorry chapter in our history."