In January, Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN) will be heading to Leonora Detention Centre to protest the detention of unaccompanied boys aged 14-17.
Already traumatised and used as political pawns, these young people are treated as criminals and detained indefinitely in a system that a spokesperson from the Australian Medical Association has called 'a toxic environment', and the federal government's own Detention Health Advisory Group said that "To expose children and minors to these environments really can only be seen as a form of state-sponsored child abuse,"
After countless false promises to remove all children from detention, it is time to converge on Leonora Detention Centre, challenge the disgraceful system of mandatory detention and protest to free the refugees.
Cost is roughly $60 unwaged/student, $120 waged and $180 high waged/solidarity, however if people are unsure if they can pay the full amount it can be discussed with RRAN organisers- the point is to get as many people along as possible!