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Another Night of "SHOCK and AWE" on Christmas Island

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 19/03/2011 - 11:44am

"When the AFP and TRG boarded the plane for Christmas Island at 4pm last Friday, the Christmas island protest had just begun. It was a totally peaceful action with groups of men walking the 15 kilometres through the jungle to the inhabited parts of the island." writes Pamela Curr, Co-ordinator of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne.

Over the next two days some went to the Mosque, some to the Construction Camp to visit family, some went swimming and some went to the airport to sit. No crime, no theft, absolutely peaceful.

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43 million refugees, a billion in abject poverty, the facts on asylum seekers & refugees and Australia's shameful record.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:53am

by Gerry Georgatos
At least 43 million people displaced. At least 16 million refugees. Only 800,000 Asylum Seeker applications per year. Millions have not been counted. Millions are trapped. If you are a Hazara in Quetta, Pakistan there is are no holding camps, no UNHCR, no queues. My sister-in-law is of refugee-origin, Vietnamese, having arrived as a baby on a 'boat' in 1980. Afghanis, Tamils, Iraqis, Iranians are fleeing civil strife, persecution, war. Let us not forget anyone. Let us embrace the ideal of helping out one another.

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End mandatory detention - rally and march 7 November 2010

Submitted by peter on Wed, 10/11/2010 - 10:58pm

Several hundred people took part in a rally and march organised by the Refugee Advocacy Network (http://refugeeadvocacynetwork.org)to demand an end to the policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers arriving by boat.

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Emergency Convocation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/11/2010 - 7:44am

It is imperative that you should sign the petition to the government of The Hellenic Republic for the granting of asylum to the Iranian hunger strikers.

You may sign at the following address:

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/40043/sign.html

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BD News: Australian PM seeks support from Asian leaders for asylum centre in Timor-Leste

Submitted by Back Door e-new... on Sun, 31/10/2010 - 12:08pm

Update on Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste (31 Oct 10)

BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm

Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html

Sentru Prosesamentu ba Refujiadu iha Timor-Leste ka lae?:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/tetunasylum.html

Um Centro de Processamento de Refugiados em Timor-Leste?:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/portasylum.html

31 October 2010

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BD News: Update on Australian PM's proposal for asylum-seeker processing in Timor-Leste (23 Oct 10)

Submitted by Back Door e-new... on Sat, 23/10/2010 - 6:35pm

BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm

Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html

Sentru Prosesamentu ba Refujiadu iha Timor-Leste ka lae?:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/tetunasylum.html

Um Centro de Processamento de Refugiados em Timor-Leste?:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/portasylum.html

23 October 2010

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BD News: Update on Julia Gillard's proposal for asylum-seeker pocessing in Timor-Leste

Submitted by Back Door e-new... on Thu, 23/09/2010 - 10:37am

BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm

Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html

21 September 2010

A collection of articles and news items about Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal to establish a processing centre in East Timor for people seeking asylum in Australia.

Please find below the latest twelve articles from the website.
To read the full article click on the relevant link.
Articles are in reverse chronological order.

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East Timor

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Timor Lorosae

Solidarity actions with the Villawood detainees

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 22/09/2010 - 4:03am

This is one reportback about a series of actions that took place in various parts of Sydney today in solidarity with the detainees at Villawood detention center - who were occupying the roof there in an act of defiance at their own incarceration and out of respect for Josefa Rauluni who had committed suicide there yesterday morning.

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Solidarity with Villawood detainees: detention kills

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 21/09/2010 - 1:04am

On Tuesday night there will be a solidarity gathering for Josefa Rauluni, who took his own life on Monday morning, as well as the detainees currently protesting on roof in Villawood. One of Josefa's relatives, also a detainee in Villawood, was placed in isolation and had his mobile phone confiscated. The solidarity gathering will be at the hub in Newtown from 6pm (Tuesday 21st September).

A group of 20 to 30 people went to Villawood on Monday night to show solidarity with the detainees after a Fijian man in the prison committed suicide and 10 Tamils were still on the roof protesting.

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One detainee dead - protests continue at Villawood Detention Centre

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 20/09/2010 - 5:33pm

In another tragic event in an Australian detention centre a 36 year old Fijian man has jumped to his death at the Villawood detention centre on the day he was to be deported. A number of Tamil and Afghan asylum seekers whose claims have been rejected and who were alsoupset at the treatment of the Fijian man then climbed on the roof at Villawood, threatening to jump. Their banner read "We need hope and freedom". A number of solidarity actions were organised in Sydney, including two people being arrested after locking on at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Eventually the Tamil and Afghan asylum seekers got down off the roof, only to be replaced on the roof by a second group of Chinese detainees
Related: Sydney Morning Herald coverage - Solidarity protest - RISE updates on situation - Arrests at DIC - Melbourne Solidarity Protest Called

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