Rally for permanent protection for refugees 2pm Saturday 14 September, Sydney Town Hall
Join refugees stuck in limbo on Temporary Protection Visas and SHEVs, as well as those refused asylum under the Coalition’s unfair process, to demand the right to reunite with their families and to the right to stay in Australia on permanent visas.
With the Coalition government's re-election they now face the prospect of eight years separated from families and must re-apply for protection visas with the risk of being sent back to danger. Up to 1000 rallied in Canberra on a weekday, join us as refugees mobilise in Sydney for a weekend protest.
And call on parliament to save the Medevac Bill and bring all those on Manus and Nauru to Australia.
Rock against racism Saturday 14 September 5pm until late, Marrickville Bowling Club Tickets $20
An afternoon and evening of high octane music, dance and performance featuring the musical stylings of Cosmogenic, The OzSkas, Los Monaros, South West Syndicate, On the Stoop, The Regime, Syntax Error and the Crimplenes.
Also featured will be Blak Douglas, dance performances by Pacific Dreamz Dance Group and a host of special guests.
A fundraiser for Refugee Action Coalition and Indigenous Social Justice Association. More info at Facebook event here
Refugee Action Coalition meeting topics
Australia's refugee policies compared 6pm next Monday 2 September, First floor, NSW Teachers Federation, 23-33 Mary St Surry Hills
RAC member Lindsey Paget-Cooke will compare Australia's policies to those of other first world nations to discuss what alternatives there are
We are starting a series of short introductions at our weekly RAC meetings on topics around refugees. All welcome to come and be part of the discussion. Updates on Medevac and Manus and Nauru
Manus refugees held in Bomana prison with no access to phones or lawyers
The 52 so called "negative" asylum seekers are being kept isolated in a return to the most barbaric detention conditions, read Guardian report here or our press release.
Move of Manus refugees to Port Moresby no solution
Refugees on Manus have been offered a move to Port Moresby in PNG. Some have reported that this may be part of a plan to “end Manus detention arrangements” by transferring all remaining refugees and asylum seekers there. But previous transfers to Port Moresby have left refugees jobless, homeless and destitute with even less access to medical care than they have on Manus Island. Read more here.
Three quarters of refugees on Manus and Nauru seriously ill
Doctors involved in the Medevac process reveal in their submission to parliamentary inquiry the scale of the medical crisis offshore, read report in Sydney Morning Herald here
Pakistani refugee on Nauru hospitalised after burning himself
The man was moved to Brisbane for intensive care, in a sign of the ongoing desperation on Nauru, read report here
