> Refugee Action Coalition
> MEDIA RELEASE
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> ASYLUM SEEKERS PALM SUNDAY PROTEST ON NAURU
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> Asylum seekers, men, women and children on Nauru have staged a
> two-hour long protest at the gates of the family detention compound,
> RPC3. The asylum seekers chanted “Freedom” and Justice”. Photos
> below.
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> The Nauru protest co-incide with the Palm Sunday “Welcome Refugee”
> rallies around Australia.
>
> Tens of thousands in Australia, joined the rallies and marches to call
> for the government to let the 267 asylum seekers from Manus Island and
> Nauru, stay in Australia, and to close offshore detention centres on
> Manus Island and Nauru.
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> For more information contact Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713