Refugee Action Collective (VIC)

  • Vigil: Eight years too long, free the refugees

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    The vigil will feature speakers, musicians and poets. Music - Les Thomas Reading - Arnold Zable Poetry - Awale Ahmed Speakers: Kasra - refugee imprisoned in the Park Hotel, live by phone Mostafa Azimitabar (Moz from Manus): freed Medevac refugee Taqi Azra - United Workers Union organiser and Hazara refugee Anna Kingston - Refugee Action Collective Chairs - Chloe De Silva &…

  • Rally: Free the Refugees - Permanent Visas Now

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Next major rally to free the refugees - Free the Refugees Permanent Visas End Offshore Processing March from State Library to Park Hotel Prison speakers will include refugees from inside and outside Park Hotel Call Chris on 0403 013 183 for info

  • Rally: Permanent Visas not Discrimination: Rally for Refugee Rights

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Rally for Permanent Visas Please note: this rally has been rescheduled due to Covid Lockdown, the new date is Sunday Aug 29 (we will change the image shortly) We call for the government to provide: 1 - Permanent Protection Visas 2 - Right to Income Support 3 - Family Reunion Rights 4 - Fair processing of asylum claims, with appeal rights 5 - Freedom for all refugees Please…

  • Rally: Unite against Racism

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    SPEAKERS * Uncle Robbie Thorpe: Camp Sovereignty * Danae Bosler: Assistant Secretary at Victorian Trades Hall Council * Rathy Barthlote: Tamil refugee, Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality * Senator Mehreen Faruqi: Greens * Marg D'Arcy: Labor Friends of Palestine * Deepak Joshi: The Humanism Project and Hindus for Human Rights Welcome refugees and migrants No racism, say no to…

  • Forum: 'God Powers' and detention - the cruel and arbitrary rules for refugees

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Speakers: Maria O'Sullivan - Associate Professor and a Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Maria is the author of a number of international and national publications on the subject of human rights, public law and refugee law. Adnan Choopani - refugee in the Park Hotel who came to Australia at age 15 and has spent a third of his life detained by Australia…

  • Rally for permanent protection, 10 years too long

    • Nationwide

    July 19 this year marks ten years since then Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that asylum seekers arriving by boat would be sent offshore to Manus and Nauru and banned from ever settling in Australia. There are around 1200 refugees who spent time in offshore detention now in Australia who remain in limbo as a result, denied permanent visas.