This is Yasmin and Ali. Their story is not a happy one, but one that must be heard. Yasmin fled her home in Iran after being targeted by local government authorities for participating in a student rally demanding greater freedoms. In a brutal crackdown on the protesters, she was beaten and detained, interrogated and tortured
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SEVENTEEN refugee children remained trapped in island detention last night on Nauru as the deadline expired for the Australian Government to evacuate them to Australia. A coalition of Australia’s refugee and humanitarian organisations gave our political leaders three months until Universal Children’s Day (Nov 20) to remove all the children and their families for resettlement
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Five more children have been flown off Nauru over the weekend, as part of two families. Seventeen children now remain offshore. Jana Favero, Director of Campaigns and Advocacy at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre said today that slowly but surely, the children were being evacuated from Nauru. “It’s time to end this national disgrace of
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As nine people finished Sydney’s Advocacy and Power Program (APP), six presented their journey’s of seeking asylum and building their live as new Australians at a special evening on Tuesday night. “I want to tell you the story of why I’m here.” The evening kicked off with a story shared by two people fleeing
Read moreThis morning’s reports that the government is promising to remove all children off Nauru, by the end of year are welcome. The ASRC is currently working with 20 children on Nauru that need urgent medical care. Altogether, 38 children and their families still remain in offshore processing and the government has the power to transfer
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