Tag: Refugee Action Coalition Sydney

RALLY FOR REFUGEES ON PALM SUNDAY #BringThemHere 2pm Sunday 9 April, Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park north

Post author By Sonja Sedmak
Post date February 16, 2017

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SAVE THE DATE

2pm, Sunday 9th April, Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park South.

What you can do:

1. Help us leaflet on Saturday 25 February on our “Super Stall Saturday” in the suburb nearest you, see below for details
2. Invite your friends to the Facebook event here www.facebook.com/events/1790212824567225
3. Print out a poster to put up at work or near where you live. Click here to download
4. Take some leaflets or posters to advertise the rally in your local area. Email us and we can mail you some.

Donald Trump’s election has encouraged the racist right all around the world. Malcolm Turnbull says Trump is only “emulating” Australia’s efforts to keep out refugees. The need to stand together against racism is more urgent than ever. But Turnbull is under growing pressure to end the torture on Manus Island and Nauru. His US resettlement deal looks all but finished.

#BringThemHere #WeCanDoBetter #LetThemStay

Tags #BringThemHere, camps, Detention Centres, Immigration Department, Narau, Palm Sunday Rally, Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, refugees, Refugees.camps, Welcome refugees

News & Events

Forced Migration Research Network (FMRN) for an Academic Symposium at UNSW: February 21

Post author By Sonja Sedmak
Post date February 8, 2017

If you’re feeling blue about recent political events, come and join the Forced Migration Research Network (FMRN) for an Academic Symposium at UNSW. The Symposium will tackle a range of vexed questions on the role of research in refugee policy, on public opinion and the social realities of belonging. The Symposium also showcases some visual artists and filmmakers working with refugee communities. It will be run in panel format, leaving lots of room for discussion and questions from the audience.

The Symposium will end with a roundtable discussion on the New York Declaration and the resulting Global Compacts process, chaired by Jane McAdam and including Eileen Pittaway, Graham Thom, David Sanderson and Violeta Moreno-Lax.

Places have been allocated for unwaged participants, and people seeking asylum or from refugee backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. For more information or to sign up, click the button below.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-forced-migration-research-network-academic-symposium-tickets-30343666724

Tags #BringThemHere, Narau, Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, Refugees.camps

News & Events

Don’t ban mobile phones in detention: Let refugees connect

Post author By Sonja Sedmak
Post date February 2, 2017

Rally 12.30pm Friday 10 February
Immigration Department, 26 Lee St, Sydney

The Immigration Department wants to ban mobile phones in domestic detention centres like Villawood by the end of February. Life in detention is cruel and isolating enough. Banning mobiles will make it harder for refugees to communicate with relatives, friends and legal support. This is yet another attempt to hide what goes on inside detention. Join us to demand that asylum seekers and refugees be allowed to keep phones and their ability to freely communicate.

Sign the online petition here
More info on what you can do here

Tags Connect, Detention Centres, Immigration Department, rally, Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, refugees, Villawood, Welcome refugees

News & Events

New uncertainty over US deal: Time to close the camps and #BringThemHere

Post author By Sonja Sedmak
Post date February 2, 2017

The White House statement today that the US resettlement deal with Australia is still “under consideration” has blown Malcolm Turnbull’s re-assurances out of the water.

There were already doubts about the deal following White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s statement that the refugees would be subjected to new “extreme vetting” procedures.

The cap on the number the US will accept now announced of 1250 is not enough to ensure all refugees on Manus and Nauru get a place in the US. There are already around 1800 recognised refugees there. Hundreds are going to be left behind, even if the deal goes through, and even if refugees survive the extreme vetting. It’s time to end the uncertainty and #BringThemHere.
Read our full media release here.

Tags #BringThemHere, Manus, Narau, Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, Refugees.camps

News & Events

No Muslim bans, No walls, No camps: March to welcome refugees. 2pm, Saturday 4 February, Hyde Park north (near St James station)

Post author By Sonja Sedmak
Post date February 2, 2017

Speakers include:
Rita Mallia State President CFMEU NSW Construction Division
Mehreen Faruqi Greens MP, NSW parliament
Dulce Muñoz Mexican migrant, Mums for Refugees activist, and Women’s March co-organiser
MC: Ian Rintoul Refugee Action Coalition

Invite your friends via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1701269136837174/

Trump’s ban on people from selected Muslim countries entering the US has sparked worldwide disgust. Trump has also put a four month freeze on refugees, and an indefinite freeze on refugees from Syria.

We need to oppose this same racism here in Australia. Malcolm Turnbull claims Trump is “emulating” his own border protection policies aimed at targeting Muslims and keeping out refugees. Turnbull claims that Trump will honour the deal to resettle some of them in the US. But there is still no indication how many refugees the US will accept or how long the process will take. We need to protest to demand that Turnbull end the targeting of Muslims, welcome refugees, close the detention camps and #BringThemHere. Organised by Refugee Action Coalition

Tags camps, March, Muslims, Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, refugees, Syria, walls, Welcome refugees