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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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Media Releases

Current and past RAC media releases

2 hours ago

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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3 days ago

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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3 days ago

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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May 14

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

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 4

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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Apr 25

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),...

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Apr 22

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...

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Apr 19

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 -...

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Apr 16

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...

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