Support refugee rights. Protest against Immigration Minister Chris Bowen at UNSW

Friday, June 17, 2011 - 11:30

Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) is inviting supporters of refugee rights to protest Chris Bowen's appearance at a Refugee Conference being held at the University of New South Wales. As Minister, Chris Bowen has overseen the expansion of mandatory detention with 7,000 asylum seekers, including over 800 children, locked up in detention. Bowen is enacting the horrific "Malaysian solution", continues to deport refugees to danger, and is threatening to bring back TPVs. Protest Chris Bowen - Minister for Racism!

Anzac Parade Entrance, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington Campus.

Comments

And by this you traumatised the refugees and asylum seekers present in the audience as well as many others. If any of you had done your research about the purpose of Chris Bowen's visit or the Refugee Conference it self you would have thought twice about disrupting a chance for refugee voices to be hear. Shame on you!

I was there and we watched them milling outside for a while and you just knew they were about to turn stupid. I havent been at uni in over ten years, but nothing has changed its always the same private school educated know nothing lefty wankers that protest things they have no direct experience with. I agree with the above comment it was frightening for the people in the conference and amazingly we were all embarrassed about their actions-no advocate inside supported them. Thats right the people who actually work with refugees and refugees themselves thought you were rude and useless. As for that Milhouse looking idiot who tried to fight against Bowen's guard did you not realise that dude could have snapped you in two? It just looked so try hard-I mean I suppose some lefty wanker girls will probably like your daggy turquoise undies to go with your sense of injustice and you probably think you changed the world. But again as for us who actually attended the conference, in other words people who can actually achieve things in this terrible situation, you just looked like a bunch of scummy dumb arses....