http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/489/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2009/11/06/unions-and-refugee-advocates-call-for-humane-response-on-refugee-stand-off-aboard-oceanic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="http://indymedia.org.au/files/death_in_sri_lanka20091102.jpg" width="150" alt="Photo by cactusdude666 on Flickr - Australia's Shame - Nov 2, 2009" align="right" /><br /> Refugee advocates and the Australian Union Movement have called on the Rudd Government to take the 78 Sri Lankans on the Oceanic Viking to Christmas Island where their claims as refugees and asylum seekers can be processed. Many of them have languished in Indonesian Immigration Detention for several years and already have been determined as refugees. They are refusing to leave the Australian Customs ship Oceanic Viking to go to the Tanjung Pinang Detention Centre resulting in a standoff between the Australian Government and the Indonesian Government.</p> <p> See also: <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/11/03/australia%E2%80%99s-refugee-resettlement-program-from-indonesia-grossly-inadequate">Australia's refugee resettlement program from Indonesia grossly inadequate</a> | <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2009/10/23/tell-kevin-rudd-respect-refugees%E2%80%99-rights">Tell Kevin Rudd: respect refugees’ rights</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia">indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/immigration">immigration</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/asylum-seeker">asylum seeker</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/refugee">refugee</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/detention">detention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/oceanic-viking">Oceanic Viking</a></div></div></div> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:28:50 +0000 takver 521 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal