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Saturday 19th July, 2.00pm Bourke Street Mall

Twelve years ago, on 19 July 2013, Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared that that asylum-seekers arriving by boat would be sent to Nauru or Manus Island, and none would ever be settled in Australia.* End mandatory detention and shut the Nauru detention centre

Refugee ACtion Collective Vic will mark this anniversary by calling for

* End mandatory detention and shut the Nauru detention centre
* Permanent visas for all those caught up in this horror, including victims of the flawed Fast Track process and Medevac refugees
* Allow refugees trapped in Indonesia to come to Australia.

For more information, contact Tom Fiebig at 0415118496, or refugeeactioncollective@gmail.com

RAV Vic produces a Refugee Facts flyer, updated with relevant and timely information from time to time.

This is the newest version, updated in June 2022.

You’re welcome to download and share it.

Download here.

Please see the link to our megaphone petition calling for the release of the refugees from immigration detention due to the serious threat they face of contracting COVID-19. In addition, the right to protest is a fundamental pillar of democracy and should be able to be continued. Especially when such protests comply with the social distancing requirements.

https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/cavalcade-protest-is-safe-detention-centres-are-not-free-the-refugees?just_launched=true