Recent Catholic Asylum Seekers from Vietnam
Please join the solidarity vigil:
6:15pm, Fri 8 Nov
St Mary’s Cathedral,
17 Victoria Square, Perth
There are currently around 300 Catholic asylum seekers detained in the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre just outside Northam, and hundreds more detained in detention centres throughout Australia. These people […]
There is nothing illegal about crossing a border to seek asylum. Refugees are not “illegal” and should have their human rights respected. This rally is calling for an end to the “PNG solution”, an end to offshore processing, an end to mandatory detention and for freedom for refugees.
1pm, Sat 24 […]
The Refugee Rights Action Network has announced initial details for the World Refugee Day rally:
Sunday 16 June
1pm, Wesley Church corner (cnr William & Hay Sts, Perth city)
Demands of the rally include:
* Free the refugees
* No Pacific “Solution”
* End mandatory detention
We are encouraging […]
Refugee Rights Action Network held a vigil on May 10 in support of Ranjini and the more than 50 refugees like her who are held in detention even though they have been found to “genuine” refugees. They face a lifetime in prison not because of anything they’ve done, but because ASIO considers them […]
Free Ranjini – Free the refugees
More than 50 people – like Ranjini and her children – have been found to be “genuine” refugees yet face a lifetime in prison cialis 5mg not because of anything they’ve done, but because ASIO considers them guilty of thought crimes. Typically this involves […]
Getting to the Convergence on the Day(s)
Friday Morning Bus Departing 10.00am from the southern end of the East Perth Terminal building (next to the foot bridge’s ramp on the western side of the East Perth train station, off Summers Street if you’re coming by car). Drop-off on Mitchell Avenue in front of the detention centre (see map). Police will stop traffic for […]
Convergence Timetable Announced
To help people plan their convergence weekend, we’ve put together the following timetable. Note that buses to Northam will be leaving from the southern end of the East Perth Terminal building (next to the foot bridge’s ramp on the western side of the East Perth train station, off Summers Street if you’re coming by car).
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Refugee rights groups from around the country will be converging on Yongah Hill Detention Centre (Northam, WA) on the ANZAC day long weekend, 2013, to protest against the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
We have seen politicians engage in a race to the bottom in refugee policy. With the re-introduction of offshore processing and […]
RRAN Meetings
RRAN WA and Fremantle RRAN meet the first Monday of the month at 6.30pm at the Boorloo Activist Centre, U15/5 Aberdeen Street, Perth (just north of the McIver Train Station or online via Jitsi. For more details, send us a message via our Contact RRAN WA page, or call/text us on 0412 860 168. Contact Fremantle RRAN