{"id":993,"date":"2013-05-15T11:19:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T01:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org\/?p=993"},"modified":"2013-08-15T20:08:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T10:08:14","slug":"world-refugee-day-rally-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=993","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day Rally 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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World Refugee Day Rally 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome Refugees
\nClose Manus Island, Close Nauru<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

End mandatory detention; Stop deportations to danger;
\nHonour the Refugee Convention<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday 16 June, 12 noon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gather @ Exhibition Building,
\nNicholson Street, near Gertrude Street <\/span><\/strong>(beside Carlton Gardens)<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Catch 86 or 96 tram or walk from Parliament Station<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Music & Speakers inc: Graham Thom – Amnesty International<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Misha Coleman – Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Michele O\u2019Neil – State Secretary Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Bandt – Greens Deputy Leader<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speakers from Hazara and Tamil communities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marching to the EMERGE Festival at Fitzroy Town Hall. Bring your messages of welcome \u2013 theme boats<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Refugee Advocacy Network is calling on all groups and individuals who support asylum seekers and refugees to stand up and be counted at the 2013 World Refugee Day Rally.<\/span><\/p>\n

We want to send a clear message to the government and the opposition that Australians will no longer<\/span> tolerate the cruel policies which imprison<\/span> asylum seekers and refugees who arrive by boat. It is almost 12 months since the federal government re-opened detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island. With the<\/span> prospect of asylum seekers’ being held there for <\/span>years, self-harm, attempted suicides and hunger strikes began shortly after the detention centres opened. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are now around 1000 children in detention. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the mainland detention centres, there are asylum seekers and refugees in long-term indefinite detention.Many of these people have been recognised as refugees but have received negative security assessments <\/span>through <\/span>unreviewable processes <\/span>by the secretive ASIO. Others have been recognised as refugees but are being held in long term detention because they \u201cdon’t have good character\u201d – perhaps because they participated in a hunger strike or a protest or argued with a guard.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Around 1000\u00a0Tamil asylum seekers\u00a0have\u00a0not been allowed to apply for asylum and were \u201cscreened out\u201d of the asylum process then deported. The immigration department is targeting a list of Tamils and Hazara to deport to Sri Lanka and Afghanistan even though we know that conditions in these countries are dangerous for returned asylum seekers. Canada has recently stopped deporting people to Sri Lanka because their safety cannot be guaranteed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The refugee movement has been campaigning for all<\/span> asylum seekers including those who arrive by boat<\/span> to be allowed into Australia,\u00a0and have their claims processed here. We call for an end to the system of mandatory detention and for asylum seekers to be allowed to live in the community, with the right to work, while their claims are being processed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>The Australian Government must protect the rights of asylum seekers and honour the spirit of the UN Refugee Convention.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Plan for your group to be well represented to ensure that this rally demonstrates the breadth <\/span>of community support for refugee rights.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Please pass on to your networks.<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>For further info phone Marie on 0409 252 673 or email\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0trconcepts@netspace.net.au<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Download poster here:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

world_refugee_day_2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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