Anti-racist activists took to the streets to protest federal Labor’s new draconian anti-immigration laws, which allow Australia to deport asylum seekers to Nauru. Jake Maison reports.
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Barat Ali Batoor, a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, said he hoped a Labor government would be better than its predecessor, but it is imposing a “brutal regime”. Chris Slee reports.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis, CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, told a refugee rights forum that a sanctuary network, involving churches and unions, is being built. Chris Slee reports.
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Josephine Langbien, a lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, told a forum organised by the Refugee Action Collective that Labor’s anti-immigrant laws are the “harshest” in decades. Chris Slee reports.
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Refugees and supporters gathered outside Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil's office to demand permanent residency for the thousands of refugees on temporary visas. Chloe DS reports.
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Palestinian refugee Adnan Mansour told a public forum that Labor must “start seeing Palestinians as humans”. Chris Slee reports.