Refugee rights group formed

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BY KIM LINDEN

NEWCASTLE — On January 31, a meeting at the Joy Cummins centre decided to set up Newcastle Action for Refugee Rights (NARR).

Attended by 20 people, the meeting was called to organise a Newcastle contingent to the February 12 convergence for refugee rights outside Parliament House in Canberra. It followed a January 27 protest calling for all refugee detention centres to be closed, organised by the socialist youth group Resistance.

NARR will be organising transport from Newcastle to the February 12 demonstration in Canberra. For information contact Kathy on 0412 388 869. The next meeting of NARR will be on February 7 at 5.30pm at the Joy Cummings Centre, Scott Street, Newcastle East.

From Green Left Weekly, February 6, 2002.
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