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Refugee
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Queensland
RAC QLD works to inform and mobilise people in Brisbane and beyond to challenge Australian government policy and legislation that violates the human rights of refugees and people seeking asylum
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Our goal is to advance refugee and asylum seeker rights in Brisbane and beyond.
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Remedy Australia Update March 2015
From Remedy Australia Govt rejects UN call for release of 'ASIO' refugees and disputes UN definition of arbitrary detention The Abbott...
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Mar 26, 2015
RAC QLD News Round-up
Refugee Action Collective Queensland - recent and upcoming activity. Stalls We recently had stalls on Saturday 21 March at West End...
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Mar 22, 2015
Action Alert: Melbourne refugee activists currently protesting removal of Tamil asylum seeker
'A dozen refugee activists have mobilised with less than eight hours notice to protest the forced removal of 19-year-old Tamil asylum...
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Mar 9, 2015
MEDIA RELEASE from RAC Qld: Change is coming to Australia’s immigration regime. Brisbane campaigners
Sold out registrations and a waitlist for main sessions of the 2015 Brisbane Refugee Welfare and Advocacy Conference are evidence of a...
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Mar 6, 2015
Arrested Nauru Refugees Held Overnight. Human Rights Observers Needed
Almost 200 refugees including up to 80 women have been held in detention overnight after mass arrests on Nauru, throughout Wednesday, 4...
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Mar 5, 2015
Men on Manus Island pen letter to Reza Berati on the anniversary of his death
On the 17th February 2015 - the one year anniversary of Reza Berati's death - the men on Manus Island penned the following letter, asking...
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Mar 1, 2015
Ethics and Exclusion The Placement of Asylum Seekers in Domestic Policy
Samara Cassar "When a state conflates the issue of asylum seekers a matter of national security it renders those most vulnerable,...
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Feb 26, 2015
2015 Brisbane Refugee Welfare and Advocacy Conference Program
Print your copy of the Program
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Feb 26, 2015
Calling for Expressions of Interest for Stalls at the 2015 RAC QLD Refugee Welfare and Advocacy Conf
Are you working to support and advocate for refugee and migrant welfare? Want to know more about the work of other organisations; the...
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Feb 22, 2015
Children don't belong in detention.
The Refugee Action Collective Queensland is proud to announce that Alain Rondot from Chilout will be a guest speaker at the Brisbane...
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Feb 18, 2015
Powerful message in the Sky: Shut Down Manus!
SHUT DOWN MANUS: IN THE SKY On February 17 at 1pm "SHUT DOWN MANUS" was written across the sky above the Sydney Opera House. To mark...
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Feb 18, 2015
Walking Borders: Arts Activism for refugee rights
During the G20 in Brisbane 2014, arts activist Scotia Monkivitch created walking performances and installations that poetically engaged...
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Feb 17, 2015
Building Community Through Conversations
Community Cafés are an ongoing program providing spaces and opportunities for members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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Feb 12, 2015
Carly Stephan: crowdfunding for Refugee Welfare and Advocacy organisations
Crowdfunding for refugee rights advocates The Refugee Action Collective Queensland is delighted to announce that Carly Stephan, Program...
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Feb 4, 2015
Volunteer Expo
Are you part of a community organisation working to support and advocate for refugee and migrant welfare? Want to know more about the...
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Feb 1, 2015
@RACQLD is now on Twitter
Follow us @racqld For a more socially just feed in 2015
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Jan 24, 2015
When my country is free, I want to return to it
A drawing made by a Afghan girl, aged 11, in 2006. The text alongside the picture explains it all: "Now: She lives in a refugee camp, in...
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Jan 23, 2015
Child car seats needed
Do you have spare baby or child seats you don't need any more? Each week, refugee rights supporters give dozens of lifts to asylum seeker...
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Jan 22, 2015
URGENT ACTION Support Asylum Seekers on Manus Island
Tuesday 20 January, 12 noon Outside the Department of Immigration and Border Protection 299 Adelaide st, Brisbane CBD In the last...
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Jan 17, 2015
Paid trade apprenticeships for refugees in Southeast Queensland
New Australians living in South-East Queensland, and with experience in carpentry and construction, are being offered a life-changing...
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Jan 15, 2015
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