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The mental trauma we’re inflicting on asylum seekers is entirely preventable
By Dr Samantha Ratnam, manager of Client Services at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Australia’s war on people seeking asylum isn’t only confined to the camps on Manus and Nauru. For the 24,500 people who came by sea in the years leading up to the ‘Pacific Solution’, the experience of applying for asylum has been
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- 11 OCT 17
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Turnbull government admits PNG unsafe, offers transfer to Nauru for Manus refugees.
A document placed in the Oscar Compound of Manus Island Regional Processing Centre tonight shows that over 700 men who have been assessed as refugees remaining on Manus Island are being offered a transfer to Nauru, due to risk of violence in PNG’s Lorengau. Three people have died on Nauru since being transferred there with the commencement ofRead more
- 05 OCT 17
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Free Voices: “We are all people.” 100 artists speak one voice
Art Exhibitions are usually made up of a number of art pieces from either one or different persons. But the Dockland Library will on Sunday witness a move away from this tradition, as a piece created by 100 artists will be on exhibition launching October 7 at 2pm – Gallery, Level 1, Library at The
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- 04 OCT 17
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A promise to #KeepThemSafe
In February this year, the Turnbull government announced that for 24,500 people who came to Australia by sea between August 2012 and December 2013, they must lodge their application for protection within as little as 30 days. This came at a time when the government already cut legal funding by 90%, leaving thousands with the
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The mental trauma we’re inflicting on asylum seekers is entirely preventable

Turnbull government admits PNG unsafe, offers transfer to Nauru for Manus refugees.

Free Voices: “We are all people.” 100 artists speak one voice

A promise to #KeepThemSafe

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