Posts by: Refugee Rights Action Network
By Andrew Martin
Two deportations of Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers have been averted at least temporarily, pending a High Court challenge to be heard in the new year. These were to be the first deportations of people who arrived by boat under the current Labor government.
The Refugee Rights Action Network […]
By Andrew Martin
(This article appears in Issue 37: December-January 2012 of Direct Action and is not representative of RRAN as a whole)
The ALP national conference in Sydney on December 3 and 4 should present an opportunity for the ALP to reassess its policy of mandatory detention and an opportunity to adopt a more humane […]
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The ALP and Refugees
By Andrew Martin
As predicted, the ALP national conference was another low point for the neoliberal pro-capitalist party, which adopted offshore processing as part of its platform. It was a win for Chris Bowen, the immigration minister, who gained support for putting the weight of the party behind the government’s proposed Malaysia solution. Bowen sought […]