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New Zealand deal accepted: #GameOver campaign update from Craig Foster
Australia has accepted New Zealands resettlement offer for refugees detained in Australia’s offshore detention regime.
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It’s time to accept the New Zealand offer! The #GameOver campaign has been at the forefront of fighting for the Australian Government to accept New Zealand’s long standing resettlement offer. We’ve stood together and demanded the Australian Government treat refugees and people seeking asylum with respect. After years of work, we acknowledge that it is …
Scott Morrison must accept NZ refugee resettlement offer when he meets Jacinda Ardern later this month
Former Socceroo Craig Foster and rugby legend Sonny Bill Williams have written to Scott Morrison asking him to accept the New Zealand offer to take the remaining refugees still trapped offshore after almost eight years when he meets with Jacinda Adern later this month. Morrison will fly to Queenstown to meet the New Zealand Prime …
Activists calling for a Fair Go and Justice for Refugees
Palm Sunday has long been a day of protest for people across faith communities and for those without any religious beliefs. Thousands have been marching for justice for refugees ever since the re-opening of Australia’s inhumane offshore processing program in 2013. Our power is in challenging injustice together so this year Amnesty International Australia lent …
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For almost eight years, the Australian Government has designed and maintained a deliberate system of abuse for thousands of adults and children who have fled their homes in search of safety. In early 2021, we have seen progress with the release of refugees who have been detained in alternative places of detention. However, over 1000 …
Release of refugees a win for people power, now they must all be free
Amnesty International Australia today welcomed the further release of refugees from the Park Hotel, Alternative Place of Detention (APOD), in Melbourne, but said the release showed the policy was arbitrary and cruel. Amnesty redoubled its call for the release of a further 14 people who remain in detention and all those arbitrarily detained. Among those …
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Sporting legends Sonny Bill Williams and Craig Foster call on the Australian Government to accept NZ’s offer to resettle refugees still stuck offshore for more than seven years
Former All Black and NRL superstar, Sonny Bill Williams, and former Socceroo, Craig Foster, have joined forces to call on the Australian Government to finally accept the offer made by New Zealand in 2013 to resettle refugees stuck on Papua New Guinea and Nauru. As more than 65,000 signatures from the #GameOver campaign to get …