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MELBOURNE ASIO NEGATIVE REFUGEES BEGIN MASS HUNGER STRIKE

April 9, 2013

At 2.00am, Monday morning (8 April), 28 ASIO negative refugees (24 Sri Lankan, 2 Iranian 2 Rohingyans) began a hunger strike at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre. They have gathered on the playground inside the detention facility. The hunger strike comes after a series of self-harm and attempted suicides by ASIO negative refugees in Melbourne. These include: a serious self harm incident by a Tamil refugee on 17 January, the third since Christmas 2012); and an attempted…

TOP MUSICANS BACK THE ASIO REFUGEE CAUSE WITH ‘SONG FOR SELVA’.

April 5, 2013

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Two of Australia’s most brilliant musicans, JEFF LANG and partner ALISON FERRIER, will be the star performers on SUNDAY to highlight the plight of the refugees indefinitely detained because of secret ASIO assessments. The main feature of the day will be the international debut of the new song for Tamil detainee, Selva, who stitched his lips and began a hunger strike last week. Officially, he is not a negative ASIO case but he has suffered a similar experience, being detained for 37 months awaiting a decision on his future…

No Advantage Scrapped – Refugee Processing to start on Nauru

April 1, 2013

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Archived Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE NO ADVANTAGE SCRAPPED – REFUGEE PROCESSING TO START ON NAURU The Nauru Director of the Department of Immigration has told a meeting of asylum seekers in the Nauru detention camp that their refugee assessments will begin “in about ten days.” The initial refugee assessments are expected to be finalised in around six months. Despite telling the meeting that he is speaking on behalf of the Nauruan government, the details of the processing reveals that the processing is totally…

Plea from a man inside MITA Detention Centre

March 27, 2013

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THE STORY OF MY LIFE IN DETENTION – A WORTHLESS HUMAN BEING Please let me relate my story in the hope that I could solicit your support to bring some meaning to my life. At present, after 37 months in detention, I feel that I am “a worthless human being”, to my beloved wife and daughter; a daughter, who I have not seen, except in photographs. I was able to share my love and affection with my wife for eleven…

More Asylum Seekers Die at Sea – The Reasons Behind the Tragedy

March 27, 2013

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Once again we have witnessed the tragedy of people dying in their attempt to reach Australia. This time it was Hazara families. This tragedy brings out the best and worst of responses. Reactions are varied from compassion and commiseration to some of the most hateful and brutal of comments. Most of this is driven by ignorance of the reasons why people take a risky boat journey. So here are some facts you may wish to share. Right now in Quetta,…