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Darwin Refugee Family Fights For Freedom

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Aug 12, 2021

Darwin Refugee Family Fights For Freedom

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 13/08/2021 Support is growing for the last remaining refugee family in Darwin's Mercure Hotel...

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Jul 28, 2021

Concerns Grow for Medevac Refugee

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 29/07/2021 Concerns are growing for the welfare of 10 Medevac refugees in the Melbourne...

Two Medevac Hunger Strikers Hospitalised

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Jul 22, 2021

Two Medevac Hunger Strikers Hospitalised

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 22 July, 2021 Two Medevac refugees in the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA)...

MEDEVAC Refugees Re-Start Hunger Strike Protest

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Jul 16, 2021

MEDEVAC Refugees Re-Start Hunger Strike Protest

Refugee Action Coalition Media Release 17 July 2021 A group of medevac refugees at MITA (Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation)...

Three Medevac hunger strikers in hospital as protest begins eleventh day

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Jun 27, 2021

Three Medevac hunger strikers in hospital as protest begins eleventh day

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 28/06/2021 Eleven Medevac refugees remain on hunger strike in MITA, with three others of the...

Another Refugee Hospitalised After Ambulance Called to MITA

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Jun 24, 2021

Another Refugee Hospitalised After Ambulance Called to MITA

Refugee Action Coalition Media Update 24/06/2021 Another Medevac refugee has been taken to hospital this afternoon, after an ambulance...

More Medevac Hunger Strikers Hospitalised

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Jun 23, 2021

More Medevac Hunger Strikers Hospitalised

Refugee Action Coalition Media Release 24/06/2021 Thirteen Medevac refugees remain on hunger strike in MITA as the protest enters its...

High Court Entrenches Indefinite Detention In Australian Law

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Jun 23, 2021

High Court Entrenches Indefinite Detention In Australian Law

The high court has ruled that Australia can keep people in indefinite, administrative detention. Refugee Action Coalition Media Release...

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Jun 20, 2021

Two Medevac Hunger Strikers Hospitalised

Refugee Action Coalition 21/06/2021 Two of the 14 Medevac hunger strikers at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA)...

Fourteen Medevac Refugees Begin Hunger Strike Protest

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Jun 20, 2021

Fourteen Medevac Refugees Begin Hunger Strike Protest

Refugee Action Coalition 20/06/2021 Fourteen refugees brought from Manus and Nauru under the Medevac legislation in 2019 have begun a...

REFUGEE RIGHTS PROTEST AT PINKENBA DETENTION CENTRE

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May 13, 2021

REFUGEE RIGHTS PROTEST AT PINKENBA DETENTION CENTRE

Media Release 14/05/2021 FREE ALL THE MEDEVAC REFUGEES Refugee rights advocates will protest outside the Brisbane Immigration Transit...

ESCAPE TUNNEL FOUND IN YONGAH HILL DETENTION CENTRE

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May 10, 2021

ESCAPE TUNNEL FOUND IN YONGAH HILL DETENTION CENTRE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 11/05/21 An elaborate escape tunnel has been uncovered in the Falcon compound of Yongah Hill...

MEDEVAC REFUGEES PETITION HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER FOR RELEASE

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May 3, 2021

MEDEVAC REFUGEES PETITION HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER FOR RELEASE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE More than 60 refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from Manus and Nauru under the...

Government Faces Criminal Charges Over Villawood Suicide

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Apr 25, 2021

Government Faces Criminal Charges Over Villawood Suicide

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 26 April 2021 Refugee supporters will hold a protest outside the Downing Street Centre (Sydney),...

Raskol Gang Attack Terrorises Asylum Seekers in Port Moresby

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Apr 21, 2021

Raskol Gang Attack Terrorises Asylum Seekers in Port Moresby

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE On Tuesday, 20 April, an early morning attack on a Port Moresby apartment accommodation by an...

KANGAROO POINT REFUGEES NOW BEING MOVED TO MELBOURNE

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Apr 18, 2021

KANGAROO POINT REFUGEES NOW BEING MOVED TO MELBOURNE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE Video shows some of the chaos of Friday’s move out of Kangaroo Point. Seventeen Medevac refugees -...

KANGAROO POINT MEDEVAC REFUGEES BEING MOVED TO BITA BY FORCE

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Apr 16, 2021

KANGAROO POINT MEDEVAC REFUGEES BEING MOVED TO BITA BY FORCE

MEDIA RELEASE This afternoon, police and Serco officers are forcibly moving the remaining Medevac refugees from Kangaroo Point hotel to...

THOUSANDS WILL RALLY FOR JUSTICE FOR REFUGEES, PALM SUNDAY 28 MARCH

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Mar 26, 2021

THOUSANDS WILL RALLY FOR JUSTICE FOR REFUGEES, PALM SUNDAY 28 MARCH

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE Thousands of people will rally this Sunday, 28 March, Palm Sunday to call for justice for refugees...

REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR PORTER'S SACKING OVER MEDEVAC LIES

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Mar 22, 2021

REFUGEE ADVOCATES CALL FOR PORTER'S SACKING OVER MEDEVAC LIES

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE The revelation that Freedom of Information documents show that Attorney-General, Christian Porter,...

PNG COVID CRISIS WORSENS: ADVOCATES CALL TO BRING REFUGEES HERE

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Mar 15, 2021

PNG COVID CRISIS WORSENS: ADVOCATES CALL TO BRING REFUGEES HERE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE AS PNG COVID CRISIS WORSENS ADVOCATES CALL FOR REFUGEES TO BE BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA As the spread...

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