Refugee Advocacy Network

Tony Abbott, Hazaras are not economic migrants April 27, 2014 Tony Abbott, Hazara are not economic migrants!:  Australian immigration department’s recent move to deny permanent protection visas to scores of declared refugees and customs and border protection services’ graphic novel aimed at deterring Hazara asylum seekers have not only proved shocking to thousands of asylum seekers but have also invited massive criticism from human and refugee rights activists and organization all around the world.   While refusing grant of permanent protection…

New post on Hazara Asylum Seekers   Asylum seeker boat turn-back questions going unanswered by Government, says UNHCR by hazaraasylumseekers April 23, 2014   Image Source: Google Images The United Nations refugee agency has asked Australia to prove it is not breaching the Refugee Convention with its policy of turning back asylum seeker boats. Speaking in Jakarta, the UNHCR’s regional representative says the Australian Government has not responded to the UN’s concerns about the policies. The request for information was made…

Very sad article, but worth a read….   http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/sleepless-nights-until-the-manus-nightmare-ends-20140422-zqxq2.html?eid=email:nnn-13omn572-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04/11/2013-news_pm-dom-news-nnn-ctimes-u&campaign_code=13INO000&promote_channel=edmail&mbnr=MTI1ODUwOTc   In my day job in the construction industry, I specialise in alternative dispute resolution in the thriving gas pipeline sector in Western Australia. By night, I get to follow my true passion as a human rights advocate. I work with the men, women and children interned in the Manus Island, Nauru and Christmas Island detention centres. I speak with them daily, organise lawyers to represent them and co-ordinate complaints on…