Alison Battisson’s Speech from “The Hidden Hell for Refugees in the Heart of Melbourne” forum

On August 5th, 2019, the Refugee Action Collective organised a forum in Melbourne entitled ‘The Hidden Hell for Refugees in the Heart of Melbourne” to shed light on what is happening in the onshore detention centres.

One of the key speakers was lawyer Alison Battisson from Human Rights For All. A live stream of the event is available on our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/racvic/. Attached is Ms Battisson’s speech for further reading and to recap what was discussed at the forum.