Help free the refugees

April 25, 2001
Issue 

A national day of action to free the refugees has been called for June 3. It has been endorsed by the ACTU, the Victorian Trades Hall Council and refugee rights campaign groups around the country and is calling for the closure of the detention centres.

Help is needed to organise and build this national day of action. You can help by publicising the event as broadly as possible: at your school, university or workplace, in your neighbourhood, amongst family and friends.

You can also help by getting endorsement from organisations like unions, churches, ethnic communities and student organisations.

There are local campaign committees which have been working tirelessly, organising public meetings, pickets and actions. The Melbourne Refugee Action Collective has initiated a weekly picket at Maribyrnong detention centre with the support of a broad range of community groups. The Perth committee will be organising a city rally followed by a convoy to the detention centre at Perth airport for the national day of action.

Melbourne RAC is organising a statement that will be printed in the Australian. You can put your name to this, or get support from a community organisation for the statement. Contact them via their web-site: <http://home.vicnet.au/~rac-vic/>.

The Free the Refugees Campaign in western Sydney West has set up a national email group, which it hopes will be a constant source of information about the latest issues in Australia and around the world. It also carries all the details of upcoming actions. To join the egroup, send an email to <Free-the-Refugees-Campaign-subscribe@egroups.com>.

Support the activities of the refugee rights campaign groups and get involved in the campaign. Contact your local Resistance Centre to find out how to get in touch with the refugee rights campaign.

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