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HIGH COURT DECISION OPENS POSSIBILITY OF DEPORTATIONS TO DANGER

September 12, 2012
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A High Court decision this morning (7 September) has dismissed an application of behalf of five asylum seekers seeking to extend judicial review to discretionary Ministerial decisions. In a similar application (M61) in 2010, the High Court found that asylum seekers were entitled to judicial review of appeal decisions. The High Court judgement means that there is now no legal impediment to the government moving to deport a large number of asylum seekers. Around 180 asylum seekers were attached to…

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Government to blame for asylum seeker deaths at sea

June 24, 2012
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The lives of nearly 100 asylum seekers feared drowned at sea between Australia and Indonesia were entirely preventable. The Refugee Action Collective places the blame for these lives lost with the Australian government and demands people smuggling is decriminalised to prevent any further loss of life. “Refugees are some of the world’s most vulnerable people. They need our help, not the various stages of torture we put them through to try and stop them from seeking asylum. We should help…

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INDONESIA: Asylum seekers take to boats out of frustration

June 24, 2012
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PUCAK, 22 June 2012 (IRIN) – Refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia, many of whom fled persecution and conflict in their home countries, say they are being driven to get on boats for Australia out of frustration with the resettlement process. “It’s been two years that I have been here. How long am I supposed to wait?” asked Liaqat Ali Yousufi, 32, an ethnic Hazara from Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni Province, who was registered as a refugee in November 2011 and…

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Blaming refugees for people smugglers’ tricks not the solution: Greens

June 8, 2012
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Desperate people will keep risking everything they have and flee for Australia via leaky boats if they feel they have no other alternative because of limited protection options, the Australian Greens said today. “In the rush to punish people smugglers, we mustn’t lose sight of the bigger picture and the causes that force people to run for their lives,” Greens’ immigration spokesperson, Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said. “People will continue fleeing from war, torture or persecution and will always take their…

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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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