Protesters demanded听Labor end immigration detention and offshore processing听and provide permanent safety for all refugees. It also called for an end to boat turn-backs. Alex Salmon reports.
Offshore/Regional processing and detention
Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.听
Boat turn-backs. Offshore Detention. Refusal to settle groups of refugees in Australia. This triad is the 10-year-long contemporary White Australia policy of governments, Labor and Coalition. Jonathan Strauss听argues for the need to step听up the pressure.
In a听case brought by Iranian Kurdish refugee Mostafa Azimitabar (鈥淢oz鈥), Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy ruled听that while听hotel detention is inhumane, it is still听legal. Chris Slee reports.
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Jordana Silverstein, author of Cruel Care: a history of children at our borders and three child refugees spoke to a听Refugee Action Collective-organised forum. Chris Slee reports.
Labor voted against a Green's motion to bring about 130 refugees from Papua New Guinea听and Nauru to safety in Australia. Paul Gregoire reports.
Reza Berati鈥檚 death has become a symbol of the brutality and impunity of the offshore imprisonment of听asylum seekers and refugees,听argues Janet Parker,听on the ninth anniversary of his brutal death on Manus Island.
Kurdish-Iranian activist, author and film producer Behrouz Boochani discusses听his latest book听and Australia's refugee detention regime.
Kurdish Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani launched his new book at UNSW, telling a packed-out听audience that thousands of refugees are still in limbo. Niko Leka reports.
A group of Iranian refugees are continuing their round-the-clock sit-in outside the Immigration Department. Chris Slee reports.
Refugee supporters rallied at Sydney Town Hall on July 24 to call for justice and permanent protection for refugees. Isaac Nellist reports.听
Protesters chanted 鈥淣ine years too long, free the refugees鈥澨齱hile marching through the streets of Brisbane on July 23, reports Alex Bainbridge.
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