MERAK REFUGEES FACE “EVACUATION” REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR RESTRAINT AND GUARANTEES FROM AUSTRALIA AND
INDONESIA FOR SAFETY AND FUTURE OF THE ASYLUM SEEKERS RAC media releases: News 5 February 2010
Update It has been a hectic 24 hours. This press release went out late last
(Tuesday) night. RAC media releases: Information 27 January 2010
MERAK REFUGEE SUPPORTERS CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF A... Refugee groups are demanding the immediate release of two Australian
citizens and a Canadian national who were detained this afternoon by Indonesian police in the vicinity of the refugee boat at Merak RAC media releases: News 26 January 2010
CHARGES AGAINST CHRISTMAS ISLAND ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE VINDICTI... Refugee advocates have condemned the move by the Australian Federal Police
to charge 12 Christmas Island detainees with offences arising from a fight
inside the detention centre last November. RAC media releases: News 20 January 2010
NO TO THE INDONESIAN SOLUTION: INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE PROTEST... Refugee activists around the world will be holding a vigil on Monday the 18th January to support the 250 Tamil asylum seekers stranded on the boat at Merak, Indonesia.
RAC media releases: Events 15 January 2010
REFUGEE GROUPS REJECT SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT CLAIMS – SRI LANK... Refugee groups today completely rejected claims by the Sri Lankan
government that asylum seekers or refugees could return to Sri Lanka
without fear of harm. RAC media releases: Issues 15 January 2010
TAMIL CHRISTMAS ISLAND PROTEST WINS VISAS REFUGEE ADVOCATES...
Late Thursday afternoon (7 January), the Department of Immigration and
Citizenship announced that 16 Sri Lankans and 5 Afghan asylum seekers
on Christmas Island will be granted visas next week. RAC media releases: Information 8 January 2010
CHRISTMAS ISLAND TAMIL DETAINEES PROTEST OVER SLOW PROCESSIN... Over 400 Tamil asylum seekers at Christmas Island have begun a
boycott of activities inside the detention centre as part of a
protest against long term detention and the slowness of processing. RAC media releases: Information 5 January 2010
