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- 29 NOV 17
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Bonegilla Dreaming
My name is George. I am 90 years old and I have lived in Australia for 65 years. I arrived by boat on Anzac Day in 1951 and was taken to the Bonegilla Migrant Camp for processing. It was very different to the detention camps we have these days. Bonegilla was in a beautiful Australian
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- Iva Tay
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- 28 NOV 17
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A message from Behrouz Boochani – Kurdish refugee and independent journalist
I’m writing to you from Manus Island. It’s not the first time that I am talking with you people in Australia. We in Manus are aware that so many Australian people have protested in Australia in the past four years. First I would like to give my deepest thanks for standing up for humanity. It’sRead more
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- 24 NOV 17
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The ASRC demands medical evacuation for emergency treatment of trauma, only 3-4 mental health nurses on Manus
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is deeply fearful of the mental and physical condition of men on Manus experiencing violence, emotional abuse and humiliation during forced removal from the regional processing centre (RPC). Descriptions of events this morning as Papua New Guinea (PNG) Police and Immigration entered the Manus detention camp for the secondRead more
- Marcella Brassett
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- 23 NOV 17
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Hundreds add their voice to an open letter calling for an end to mandatory detention
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) launched an appeal this week with a campaign inviting Australians to sign and share an open letter of hope to be delivered to people seeking asylum detained this Christmas. The campaign calls for an end all indefinite mandatory detention of people seeking asylum and refugees while reminding them that
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Bonegilla Dreaming

A message from Behrouz Boochani – Kurdish refugee and independent journalist

The ASRC demands medical evacuation for emergency treatment of trauma, only 3-4 mental health nurses on Manus

Hundreds add their voice to an open letter calling for an end to mandatory detention

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