Refugee Advocacy Network Think Tank #2 – Where next for the refugee rights movement?
Saturday 4 August, 1pm-4.30pm @ Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
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Hanson-Young among thousands rallying around Australia this weekend* urging fairer go for refugees
Australians will attend rallies across the country today and tomorrow for World Refugee Day (officially June 20) in support of a fairer go for refugees. “The Australian Greens are working to put time limits on detention into legislation, because we know the current system is causing easily preventable mental and physical damage to already fragile people,” Greens’ immigration spokesperson, Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said. “We’ve legislation before parliament which sets time limits – as recommended by the recent parliamentary inquiry into…
Blaming refugees for people smugglers’ tricks not the solution: Greens
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…
Resolution at Victorian ALP State Conference calls for appeal process for asylum seekers with adverse security assessments
Urgency Motion: Rights of Appeal to adverse ASIO security decisions for Refugees & Asylum Seekers in indefinite detention. The lack of appeal rights and merits review of refugees with adverse ASIO assessment decisions means genuine refugees, men, women and children, are caught in a legal black hole. They are effectively facing incarceration for the rest of their lives, simply for seeking protection as refugees in Australia. Independent review and appeal are basic principles of modern justice. ASIO, like all decision…
Greens to amend ASIO Act so refugees and their children can challenge indefinite detention
The Australian Greens said today they will seek to amend the ASIO Act so refugees, including children, are no longer detained for the rest of their lives because of adverse security assessments which cannot be challenged. “There is a problem with the current law that allows for a young mother and her children to be detained indefinitely, effectively for the rest of their lives without explanation or ability to challenge,” Greens’ immigration spokesperson, Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said. “No one with…
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