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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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Jul 12, 2021
Rally at BITA: 8 Years No Freedom
8 years of trauma, 8 years of shame, 8 years too long. The Australian government has held innocent refugees in indefinite detention for...
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Jun 30, 2021
Scattered People - Film Screening
You're invited to a screening of Scattered People. Through the eyes and hearts of two Iranian musicians, Scattered People is a story...
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Jun 28, 2021
Australia's Refugee Underclass
PUBLIC MEETING When: 3 pm Saturday 10 July 2021 Where: Electrical Trade Union meeting rooms, 41 Peel Street, South Brisbane. RSVP: RAC...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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Jun 16, 2021
Brisbane: Let’s get Tharni and family home to Biloela
QLD-born Tharnicaa won the nation’s heart when she was evacuated from a Christmas Island detention centre to a Perth Hospital with sepsis...
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Jun 16, 2021
World Refugee Day Welcoming Event
Brisbane says welcome! To coincide with World Refugee Day, at 2 o'clock this Sunday 20th June at St John’s Cathedral, local people of...
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Jun 14, 2021
Statement Regarding Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021
Statement from Refugee Action Collective Queensland We strongly oppose the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for...
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Jun 10, 2021
Vigil for Tharnicaa
Bring Tharni and her family home to Biloela now! When: TODAY Friday, 11 June 2021 at 5:30 pm local time Where: King George Square, 100...
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May 24, 2021
Destructive military conflicts create more refugees
A message from the Shut Down Land Forces Expo campaign group. Peter Dutton as minister for immigration spent many years of his political...
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May 21, 2021
Disrupt Land Forces Festival of Resistance
The Disrupt Land Forces FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE is on from May 28 - June 3 in Meanjin. Did you know that the Australian army is hosting an...
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May 14, 2021
Migration Act nobbled by selfish politicians
The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021 was voted into law with Labor support on Thursday...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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May 1, 2021
Free the Medevac refugees rally at Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation
When: Saturday, 15 May 2021 at 11:00 am local time Where: Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) 100 Sugarmill Rd, Brisbane,...
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