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Combined Refugee Action Group Geelong Supports Offers of Sanctuary

February 7, 2016

The Combined Refugee Action Group is deeply disappointed at the recent High Court judgement that will return many vulnerable people to filthy, fearful, punitive conditions in offshore detention at Nauru. The children and families affected by this judgement have done no wrong and do not deserve to be returned to conditions where they are routinely humiliated and abused. We welcome recent announcements by churches around the country with respect to the concept and practice of “sanctuary” and stand ready to…

Turnbull must accept Andrews offer as a first step to closing Nauru and Manus.

February 7, 2016

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Press Releases

‘The Refugee Action Collective welcomes the Andrews Labor government’s written offer to Prime Minister Turnbull to resettle all children and their families at risk of being sent back to Nauru. Federal ALP opposition leader Bill Shorten should take note and abandon support for offshore processing and associated cruelty to refugees,’ said Chris Breen for the Refugee Action Collective. ‘We also call on the Andrews government to clarify whether the offer extends to those without children, to the couples, single men…

Protection sidelined in rush to implement deterrence

August 16, 2012

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Archived Press Releases

The Australian Government’s interest in the refugee protection measures recommended by the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers has not matched its haste to implement the Panel’s recommendations on deterrence, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) says. RCOA CEO Paul Power said that the political debate and the activity within the Parliament since Monday’s release of the Expert Panel report had focused almost exclusively on just three of the Expert Panel’s 22 recommendations – those related to re-establishing forced transfers of asylum seekers to Nauru and Manus…

Protest against offshore processing – Sunday 12 August 2012, 1pm

August 9, 2012

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Past Events

PROTEST AGAINST OFFSHORE PROCESSING – WELCOME REFUGEES: NOT MALAYSIA, NOT NAURU –
GUARANTEED RESETTLEMENT OF ALL REFUGEES FROM INDONESIA – 1pm Sunday August 12, State Library