A coalition of rights groups have called for all the people being held in APODs, under Australia’s detention regime, to be immediately released into the community.
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‘Temporary’ reveals the lives of refugees trapped in uncertainty
The stories of people seeking asylum are supposed to end. But in Australia, people who arrive by boat are seldom able to finish their story. Explore Temporary, a new project from UNSW’s Kaldor Centre, and meet men and women who became Australia’s legacy caseload’. Temporary is powerful personal stories, each vividly illustrated by photographers and artists who themselves …
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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 …
Report: ‘Refugees, Our Neighbours’
In just three years Amnesty International’s refugee campaign, ‘My New Neighbour’, has gone to every Australian state and territory, revealing the willingness of local communities to get behind their new neighbours, some of whom are refugees. The My New Neighbour campaign is a neighbourhood-led solution to help refugees – people who are seeking to rebuild …
New bill to ban mobile phones in immigration detention may breach Mandela Rules
A new Bill to go before Australian Parliament to prohibit mobile phones in immigration detention seeks to fix a problem that doesn’t exist and violates international rules, Amnesty International Australia said today. Making a submission to the Legal & Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill …
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Ignored by COVID-19 responses, refugees face starvation
The inhumane treatment of refugees and migrants threatens to stall progress on tackling COVID-19, Amnesty International said today, warning that overcrowded camps and detention centres will become new epicentres unless urgent action is taken. The organization said that lockdowns and movement restrictions have exacerbated dire living conditions, leaving millions of people at risk of starvation …
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Hotel must stop holding refugees’ health hostage and end their contracts with the Federal Government
Amnesty International Australia is calling on the Mantra Bell City Hotel in Melbourne and Kangaroo Point Central Hotel in Brisbane to end their contracts with the Federal Government to detain refugees held in crowded, unsafe conditions. Management of the Mantra Group and Central Apartment Group that runs Kangaroo Point have not responded to Amnesty’s letters …
Home Affairs must provide answers on removal of detainee to MITA
Responding to reports that APOD (alternative places of detention) detainee Farhad Bandesh was removed from the Mantra hotel to the MITA detention facility late last night, abruptly and without personal belongings, Amnesty International Australia Refugee Coordinator Dr Graham Thom said: “The Department of Home Affairs must provide an explanation for why Farhad was moved so …
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Amnesty backs calls from doctors to release refugees immediately
Amnesty International Australia is calling on the Australian government to heed the urgent advice of thousands of medical professionals and release detainees held in so-called alternative places of detention (APODs). “The people being held in places like the Mantra hotel in Preston Victoria, were brought to Australia because they needed urgent medical help. To leave …
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March update on Game Over: get people to safety
Human rights advocate and Game Over ambassador Craig Foster updates us on the campaign to end offshore detention and get people trapped in Papua New Guinea and Nauru to safety. Thank you so much for your continued support of the Game Over campaign. We’re now a movement of 50,000 everyday Australians and building. Together we …
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