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Summary of 2012-13 Federal Budget measures affecting refugees

May 16, 2012
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KEY POINTS The Refugee and Humanitarian Program will remain static at 13,750 places The Government will be seeking the community’s views on the feasibility of introducing a private sponsorship pilot program to enhance the humanitarian program. Government funding for refugee and migrant settlement services will total $334.4 million, an increase of just 1.4%. There will be a decrease in funding for the Humanitarian Settlement Services (HSS) program, primarily as a result of capping the maximum level of humanitarian settlement services to…

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Petition to protest the indefinite detention of Ranjini and her children

May 15, 2012
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Ranjini and her two children aged 6 and 8 have been taken by the Australian government and placed in ‘indefinite detention’, without charge, without trial, without appeal. Please find the link to the GetUp! petition which will be delivered to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen demanding to ensure no person in Australia should be held indefinetely without charge, trial or appeal. We urge all our members to sign this appeal and pass it on to family and…

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Global campaign to end child detention wants 428 video messages from Australian youth

May 3, 2012
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May 2012 marks the twelfth month of detention for one of the 428 children currently in Australian facilities. In May, Australia also becomes the first in a series of countries being highlighted by the Global Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children. This campaign was launched on 21st March 2012 at the UN Human Rights Council. Australian campaign members will use the month of May to push for an end to Australia’s policy of indefinitely detaining all children and families before…

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Bowen maintains shameful policy of keeping 428 asylum seeker children detained: Greens

April 27, 2012
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Figures showing 428 children remain detained demonstrate the Immigration Minister continues to flout our international obligations and neglects his duty as legal guardian to act in their best interests, the Australian Greens said today. “Australia is still punishing, rather than protecting, vulnerable children by locking them up simply because they have fled war, torture and persecution,” Greens’ immigration spokesperson, Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said. “We must change the law because children are being detained as a matter of course and the…

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Greens urge Bowen to relinquish guardianship of unaccompanied children and release them into community

April 24, 2012
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The Australian Greens have today urged the Immigration Minister to relinquish his role as the legal guardian of 26 Vietnamese unaccompanied children in detention in Darwin and release them into the community. “The Minister must cease being the legal guardian of all unaccompanied children and be replaced by an independent advocate who can act in their best interests and stand up for their welfare,” Greens’ immigration spokesperson, Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said. “This desperate plea in a letter today from a…

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Plan to join the Melbourne Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees on Sunday 2 April at 1.30pm. The speakers program at the State Library in the CBD will include refugees and other speakers.Further details; bit.ly/3wFyQUW #Justice4Refugees#PermanentVisas ... See MoreSee Less

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Plan to join the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees on Sunday 2 April. The speakers program at the State Library in the CBD will include refugees and other speakers. Music from 1.30pm, Speakers from 2pm, around 2.45pm Walk through the city to Parliament Gardens where there will be closing speakers and music until around 4pm. The Melbourne Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees 2023 is endorsed by a wide range of community groups, unions and faith groups. Further updates will be shown on the Facebook page: bit.ly/3wFyQUW See also QR code. Please print and display: Poster for Melbourne Palm Sunday Walk for Justice and Leaflet - Palm Sunday Walk for Justice 2023.pdf #Justice4Refugees#PermanentVisas ... See MoreSee Less

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POSTCARDS TO PARLIAMENTAs part of the national actions held by refugee groups on or around Palm Sunday, the Amnesty International Refugee Rights Action Group Tasmania will have a table on Parliament Lawns, offering passersby prepared, stamped postcards to sign and send to Parliament. The previous Australian Government set the annual intake of refugees through the Refugee and Humanitarian Program at one of its lowest levels in 45 years, at just 13,750 places. This is despite the need for resettlement having never been greater, with approximately 100 million people currently displaced around the world. We are calling on the Australian Government to increase the annual intake to at least 30,000 places in the upcoming 2022–23 budget, giving priority to people selected by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, and to keep the promise to make places available through the Community Sponsorship Program additional to the annual humanitarian intake. We are also asking Federal Parliament to enact a Human Rights Act to ensure that all fundamental rights are protected and appropriately balanced.When: SATURDAY, 1 April 2023, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.Where: Parliament Lawns, Hobart Please join us. Spread the word. Share this post. Tassie Nannas, Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA), Tasmanian Asylum Seeker Support, Amnesty Southern Group, Rural Australians for Refugees, Australian Refugee Action Network - ARAN, Amnesty International Australia - Tasmania Branch, Speaking Up for Refugees ... See MoreSee Less

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