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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
- 02 OCT 17
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The ASRC calls on leaders to #EvacuateNow after ninth person dies on Manus
A ninth person has died in our offshore detention camps today. Police have confirmed that a man died overnight on Manus Island, reportedly by suicide, and after being in desperate need of medical help for a long time. The US deal has freed 54 people so far, while 2000 people remain unsafe and in life
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- 18 SEP 17
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Mark Seymour throws his support behind #LetThemStay
Aussie music icon Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors has thrown his support behind the #LetThemStay movement. Last year, a national movement know as Let Them Stay secured a high court injunction to allow people brought to Australia from Nauru and Manus Island detention camps for urgent medical treatment, to stay. Peter Dutton has begun
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- 18 SEP 17
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Supporting Rohingya Activists
Habiburahman is the founder and spokesperson for The Australian Burmese Rohingya Organisation. More than 500 Rohingya people live in Melbourne and around 3000 in Australia. Since 2013, ABRO has been representing Rohingya-Australians and people seeking asylum and raising awareness about the atrocities being committed in Burma. ABRO has lobbied local MPs, demonstrated outside the
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- 13 SEP 17
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The ASRC supports marriage equality
Right now Australians are being asked to participate in a postal survey to determine whether same-sex couples can marry. For some people in the community, this means very little. For others, it is of vital importance. Already we are seeing the potential for harm, distress and division, as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and
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