When
Where
Lakemba sign
48 Railway Pde
Lakemba NSW 2195
Australia
Why
On August 25, 2017, around 700,000 Rohingyan people fled Rakhine state in Western Myanmar in the face of genocidal violence from both the military and local Buddhist militia.
Nine years later, millions of Rohingya struggle to survive in neighbouring countries, notably Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, and in other neighbouring countries like India and Malaysia (where the government recently detained many Rohingya and threatened to refoul thousands back to danger in Myanmar.
This is a humanitarian crisis of genocidal proportions in Australia's neighbourhood. It is shameful how few Rohingya the Anthony Albanese Labor government is resettling (the annual humanitarian intake remains at 20,000 despite Labor "aspiring" to raise it to 27,000). Under Tony Burke's proposals to strip away work and legal appeal rights from asylum seekers, scores of Rohingya will be affected (including those formerly detained on Manus Island or Nauru).
Please join us after Friday afternoon prayers on 28 August from 3.30pm.
Speakers:
- Maulana Abu Alom (Religious Leader of ARC)
- Sajeda (a member of ARWDO who was in Myanmar at the time of the massacres)
- Harun Harace: Former President of the BRCA and Rohingya activist
- Ian Rintoul (Refugee Action Coalition Sydney)
- Peter Boyle (Socialist Alliance on the Rohingya situation in Malaysia)
- Abrar Ahmed (Greens candidate for Bankstown)
- Daniel Taylor (migration lawyer)
- Kate McLean (4 Cs Community Centre)
- MCs: Nazim (ARC) and Mark Goudkamp (RAC)
For updates check the Facebook event.
Contact
Refugee Action Coalition Sydney RAC
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refugeeaction.org.au
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Australian Rohingya Community
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australianrohingyacommunity.com.au
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Australian Rohingya Women’s Development Organisation
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arwdo.org
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Teachers For Refugees NSW
0422 078 376
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