2012 marks 20 years since the policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers was introduced in Australia. This barbaric policy is at the core of the problem with our refugee system. This year, refugee supporters are coming together across the country to say mandatory detention must go! Join us on June 16, and make your voice heard.

With its recent attempts to deport two Tamils back to Sri Lanka, the Australian Government showed its increasing disregard for the safety of asylum seekers and contempt for international advice. In addition to injunctions, there will be times when we need to blockade Perth’s detention centre; join us if you want to help stop the government deporting people back to danger.

Many of the refugees in our detention centres speak little or no English, yet they receive minimal support from our government or the companies paid to provide care. Through the ‘Dictionaries for Refugees’ program, RRAN has been giving bilingual dictionaries to the people in Australia’s detention centres for over one year now, and so can you.