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Message from hunger strikers in Curtin Detention Centre

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 20/01/2011 - 2:37pm

Thursday, 20 January 2011, 3:11 pm Press Release: Project SafeCom
"The continuous spin lines trotted out by the Department of Immigration to media representatives about the Curtin Detention Centre hunger strike, claiming that between 20 and 30 people are participating in the strike, amount to craven lies and callous misrepresentations, and they are eroding the Department's own ethical slogan that "people are our business" to the core," WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom said this morning.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
refugees
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Curtin Detention Centre

500th asylum vessel in 34 years arrives: time to reset the debate

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/09/2010 - 10:09pm

Media Release - Monday August 30, 2010

"The arrival of his morning's asylum boat with 59 passengers off Christmas Island is by all accounts the 500th vessel arriving on our shores for the purpose of seeking protection under the terms of the UN Refugee Convention since April 1976," WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom said this morning...

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
asylum seekers
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