When
to
Where
State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
Why
*Permanent Visas for refugees and asylum seekers denied protection under the unfair 'fast track' system
*Permanent Visas for all those who were or still are detained in Australia, and on Nauru and PNG
*Permanent Visas for all TPV and SHEV holders
*Lift the ban on refugees stuck in Indonesia
Speakers TBA
Human Rights Day this year should be a celebration of the end of the Coalition's cruel anti-refugee policies. Yet more than 6 months into the Albanese Labor government and the fight continues for an end to the racist policies, and for permanent visas in Australia for all those denied protection for ten years.
Labor cannot delay any longer. Refugees who were tortured on Nauru and PNG and in onshore detention centres must not be threatened with indefinite insecurity and deportations. The thousands of people denied protection under the cruel fast track system and stuck on bridging visas that expire every 6 months, with no study rights or welfare rights, and barriers to work, travel and family reunion must all have security and permanency now.
The election promise to grant permanent protection to those on TPVs and SHEVs must be immediately fulfilled. The 13,000 refugees stuck in Indonesia since 2014 when the Coalition introduced a ban on resettling UNHCR recognised refugees in Indonesia need that ban lifted now.
All welcome.
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For more information contact Lucy 0404728104