asylym seekers

The Refugee Action Collective (Vic) has organised a lively protest in solidarity with Tamil refugee Leela Krishna outside Maribyrnong Detention Centre on Sunday October 3rd. Leela Krishnan, has been locked in detention for 12 months, began a hunger strike on October 1st to demand his immediate release. Leela’s application for refugee status has been approved based on the discrimination and violence he experienced in Sri Lanka because of his sexuality – he is gay. But he remains in detention because ASIO has not completed its security check. Despite repeated attempts to get information from the Immigration Department about the status of these checks, he has not been able to find out why he has not been released. After spending almost a year at Christmas Island and Villawood detention centres, Leela was moved to Maribyrnong in the last 2 weeks.