{"id":502,"date":"2012-06-15T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T10:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org\/?p=502"},"modified":"2016-02-07T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T06:41:57","slug":"indo-chinese-organisations-support-world-refugee-day-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Indo-Chinese organisations support World Refugee Day Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">For the first time, a number of Indo-Chinese organisations will participate in the World Refugee Day rally in Melbourne. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">More than 100 organisations are supporting the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>World Refugee Day March and Rally on Sunday 17 June, 12 noon at Parliament House. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>After speakers, the rally will leave Parliament House at 1pm to march to Fitzroy Town Hall <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">where the rally will link up with the Emerge multicultural festival. Speakers will be at both ends of the march.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Refugee Advocacy Network spokesperson, Sue Bolton, welcomed the involvement of the Indochinese community. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">More than 90,000 Indo-Chinese refugees came to Australia in the 10 years after the end of the Vietnam war. Most of the early Vietnamese and Cambodian asylum seekers came by boat. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Indo-Chinese refugees living in Australia today share a common history with asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran and other countries who have arrived in Australia by boat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">If using the services of a people smuggler and getting on a boat are the only options you have in order to get safety and security, then that is what you do. Often, it was aunties and uncles in Vietnamese villages who helped smuggle people out of Vietnam and Cambodia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Australians accepted that the Indo-Chinese refugees had a right to flee their situation and seek a safe and secure life in Australia. It is no different for Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, Hazara refugees from Afghanistan, Iranians, Rohinga refugees from Burma and others who have come here by boat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">It wasn\u2019t until Australia developed an Orderly Departure scheme with Vietnam that refugees stopped arriving by boat. Australia could do the same today. It could radically increase the number of refugees who are resettled from Indonesia and Malasysia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Refugee Advocacy Network spokesperson, Brigid Arthur said that the rally marks the 20<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"> anniversary of the cruel policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">The crisis in Australia\u2019s detention centres continues to escalate. The 2012 World Refugee Rally is calling for an end to the policy of mandatory detention. This policy victimises people who have committed no crime. People have a right to seek asylum,\u201d said Arthur.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Speakers at the rally are: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Sarah Hanson-Young, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Greens Senator<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Godrey Yoganathan,<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"> Tamil refugee<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Jessie Taylor, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">human rights lawyer<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Yustin Papuana Motte, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Act for Peace Refugee Ambassador &amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">West Papuan refugee<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong><br \/>\nJohn Gulzari, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Act for Peace Refugee Ambassador &amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">Hazara refugee<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Louise Connor<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\">, state secretary Media Entertainment &amp; Arts Alliance<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><strong>Some speakers are available for media interviews.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Media enquiries:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Sue Bolton 0413 377 978<br \/>\nBrigid Arthur 0408 101 134 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Endorsements include:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Act for Peace \u2013National Council of Churches<br \/>\nAfrican Think Tank;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Asian Television Australia Association of Victoria Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Asylum Seeker Resource Centre;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Australia Asia Worker Links;<br \/>\nAustralia-Burma Society Inc<br \/>\nAustralian Democrats<br \/>\nAustralian Education Union<br \/>\nAustralian Greens Victoria<br \/>\nAustralian Jewish Democratic Society;<br \/>\nAustralian Manufacturing Workers Union<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Australian Mental Health Human Rights and Law Reform Coalition<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nAustralian Nursing Federation<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Australian Refugee Association &#8211; Ballarat Circle of Friends 93;<br \/>\nAustralian Services Union \u2013 Private services branch;<br \/>\nAustralian Syrian Association<br \/>\nAustralian Vietnamese Women Association<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Australia Western Sahara Association;<br \/>\nBallarat Trades &amp; Labor Council<br \/>\nBrigidine Asylum Seeker Project;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Cambodian Association of Victoria<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Cambodian Chinese Friendship Association<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Cambodian Association Youth Group<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Cambodian Buddhist Association of Vic<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nCambodian Buddhist Centre<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nCambodian Elderly Citizens Association<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nCambodian Women Group<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Catholic Office for Justice &amp; Peace;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">CEPU Communications Division, Victorian Branch<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">;<br \/>\nCEPU \u2013 Postal &amp; Telecommunications branch;<br \/>\nCFMEU \u2013 construction division<br \/>\nCFMEU \u2013 mining &amp; energy division<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Chin Lien Chinese Association of Victoria Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Chinese Community Council of Australia (Vic Chapter)<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Chinese Poets and Authors Society of Victoria Inc<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Chung Shan Buddhist Association of Victoria Inc<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Community &amp; Public Sector Union (Victorian government employee;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Community Radio 3CR;<br \/>\nCommunist Party of Australia<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Eastern Art &amp; Cultural Association Inc<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Edmund Rice Aslyum Seeker Project;<br \/>\nElectrical Trades Union<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Eritrean Australians for Peace &amp; Justice;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Eritrean Solidarity in Australia;<br \/>\nFitzroy Learning Network;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Friends of the Earth;<br \/>\nFederation of Australian Muslim Students &amp; Youth (FAMSY);<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Federation of Indo-China Ethnic Chinese Associations in Victoria<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nFreedom Socialist Party,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Geelong Refugee Action and Information Network<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> (GRAIN);<br \/>\nGeelong Trades Hall;<br \/>\nGippsland Trades &amp; Labour Council<br \/>\nGood Shepherd Australia New Zealand;<br \/>\nGreen Left Weekly;<br \/>\nHotham Mission<br \/>\nHumanitarian Crisis Hub;<br \/>\nIndependent Education Union Victoria Tasmania<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Indo-China Ethnic Chinese Association of Victoria Inc<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nJews for Refugees<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Jewish Labour Bund<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">;<br \/>\nJustice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Khmer Community of Victoria<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nKhmer Education Centre<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nKhmer Fine Arts Centre<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nKhmer Language Program &#8211; Radio 3ZZZ<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nKurdish Association of Victoria<br \/>\nLa Trobe University RAC;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Labor 4 Refugees;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Liberty Victoria;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Lin Yi Lion Dance Team Inc<br \/>\nLoophole Community Centre<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nMaritime Union of Australia<br \/>\nMedia, Entertainment &amp; Arts Alliance<br \/>\nMelbourne Catholic Migrant &amp; Refugee Office;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Melbourne TriDung (CheeYung)Alumni Association Inc <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Melbourne ethnic community radio 3ZZZ;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Melbourne University RAC;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Monash Environment &amp; Social Justice Collective<br \/>\nMonash Student Association<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nMonash University RAC;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Nam Kwok Cantonese Opera Group Inc. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nNational Tertiary Education Union<br \/>\nNational Union of Workers<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">North East Melbourne Chinese Association<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nOffice of Justice and Peace, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne<br \/>\nOgaden Youth and Students Union of Melbourne (OYSU)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Peace Brigades International &#8211; Australia<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Prahran Chinese Elderly Citizens Association of Victoria Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Prahran Chinese Women Association of Victoria Inc. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Queenscliff Rural Australians for Refugees,<br \/>\nRadical Women,<br \/>\nRefugee Action Collective;<br \/>\nRefugee Advocacy Group (Geelong);<br \/>\nRevolutionary Socialist Party;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Richmond Chinese Elderly Welfare Association Inc<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\nRISE (Refugees<br \/>\nRise for Refugees (Melbourne University);<br \/>\nShamama Association;<br \/>\nSocialist Alliance,<br \/>\nSocialist Alternative,<br \/>\nSocialist Party<br \/>\nSolidarity,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Springvale Asian Business Association Inc. 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More than 100 organisations are supporting the World Refugee Day March and Rally on Sunday 17 June, 12 noon at Parliament House. After speakers, the rally will leave Parliament House at 1pm to march to Fitzroy Town Hall where the rally will link up with the Emerge multicultural festival. Speakers will be at both ends of the march. 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