Australian newspaper news as of July 17, 2011 :
As thousands of starving refugee children
pour into refugee camps in a developing African country,
the rich, developed nation of Australiaspends millions to make sure refugees can’t receive protection in Australia
first meal in days - malnutrition exceeds worst fears
the only way available for most refugees to enter Australia
Australian policy to “Stop the boats” leaves
thousands of children living in a precarious existance
for 5, 10, even 30 years.
In its efforts to “Stop the boats”,
Australia holds children in jail with hardened criminals, and
Australia holds children in jail with sex offenders.
(As of June 20th and following exposure in the press,
3 children have been released pending age checks,
and a 4th child is still in an adult prison working alongside sex offenders.)
(“Stop the boats” is the political catch-cry to stop desperate refugees reaching the safety of Australia by boat.)
Australia to deport lone children
to detention centres where unaccompanied girls are prey to “gangs and unscrupulous officials”.
The plan has sparked outrage and serious fears for the safety of unaccompanied young girls.
Genuine refugees are beaten with the excrutiatingly painful rattan cane.
Australia to send refugee children back on boats
to disease-ridden camps where children can be tortured with the Rattan cane,
a move deplored by United Nations Human Rights Commissioner and Amnesty International.
A refugee baby in overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions
inside the Lenggeng Immigration Depot/camp in Malaysia.
Picture: Amnesty International’s Graham Thom.
See more pictures here.
World Refugee Day Rally
It’s Time to End Mandatory Detention!
Australia rejects genuine, alone refugee children
letting them rot for years and years in asian refugee camps.
Please sign the petition
Australia should not send refugees to countries that don’t protect them.
We must do much better than that.
Refugee teenagers have survived rape and torture …
will they survive Australian detention?
Have your say on ABC
Australia should STOP putting desperate, traumatised, suicidal asylum seekers in prison
- Mental health expert McGorry.
Australian treatment of asylum seeking children is a national disgrace.
Palm Sunday Rally, 1pm, Sydney Town Hall
Because the Australiangovernment has reniged on its promise
to let approved refugees out of jail by end of April.
And because there are still over 1000 children in detention.
Sign the petition to ask the Australian government
to keep its promise to get the over 1000 refugee children
OUT OF JAIL
https://www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoChildrenInDetention
Rethink refugee children and how we should treat them,
at Amnesty International’s
www.rethinkrefugees.com.au
It is NOT ILLEGAL to seek asylum in Australia,
even if arriving by boat
‘We knew the boat would be very dangerous, but there was nothing else.
Everything else was hopeless.’ Read more
Australia systematically locks up traumatised refugee children.
Refugees, fleeing real danger and persecution back home,
are being smashed upon the rocks of Australia,
as a deterrant to “Stop the boats”
The current Australian “Stop the boats” system,
with it’s long or lack of processing of genuine refugees,
leads inevitably and unsurprisingly to the death of refugee children
who are fleeing dangerous homelands
and avoiding insecure transit countries
where refugee conventions and refugee human rights are not recognised.
And now the Australian police are firing at refugees,
using war zone weapons on refugees
who are fleeing war zones and human rights abuses.
For the sake of the children, Rethink Refugees
www.rethinkrefugees.com.au
..and sign the petition,…and attend the rally.
pour into refugee camps in a developing African country,
the rich, developed nation of Australiaspends millions to make sure refugees can’t receive protection in Australia
first meal in days - malnutrition exceeds worst fears
the only way available for most refugees to enter Australia
Australian policy to “Stop the boats” leaves
thousands of children living in a precarious existance
for 5, 10, even 30 years.
In its efforts to “Stop the boats”,
Australia holds children in jail with hardened criminals, and
Australia holds children in jail with sex offenders.
(As of June 20th and following exposure in the press,
3 children have been released pending age checks,
and a 4th child is still in an adult prison working alongside sex offenders.)
(“Stop the boats” is the political catch-cry to stop desperate refugees reaching the safety of Australia by boat.)
Australia to deport lone children
to detention centres where unaccompanied girls are prey to “gangs and unscrupulous officials”.
The plan has sparked outrage and serious fears for the safety of unaccompanied young girls.
Genuine refugees are beaten with the excrutiatingly painful rattan cane.
Australia to send refugee children back on boats
to disease-ridden camps where children can be tortured with the Rattan cane,
a move deplored by United Nations Human Rights Commissioner and Amnesty International.
A refugee baby in overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions
inside the Lenggeng Immigration Depot/camp in Malaysia.
Picture: Amnesty International’s Graham Thom.
See more pictures here.
World Refugee Day Rally
It’s Time to End Mandatory Detention!
Australia rejects genuine, alone refugee children
letting them rot for years and years in asian refugee camps.
Please sign the petition
Australia should not send refugees to countries that don’t protect them.
We must do much better than that.
Refugee teenagers have survived rape and torture …
will they survive Australian detention?
Have your say on ABC
Australia should STOP putting desperate, traumatised, suicidal asylum seekers in prison
- Mental health expert McGorry.
Australian treatment of asylum seeking children is a national disgrace.
Palm Sunday Rally, 1pm, Sydney Town Hall
Because the Australian
to let approved refugees out of jail by end of April.
And because there are still over 1000 children in detention.
Sign the petition to ask the Australian government
to keep its promise to get the over 1000 refugee children
OUT OF JAIL
https://www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoChildrenInDetention
Rethink refugee children and how we should treat them,
at Amnesty International’s
www.rethinkrefugees.com.au
It is NOT ILLEGAL to seek asylum in Australia,
even if arriving by boat
‘We knew the boat would be very dangerous, but there was nothing else.
Everything else was hopeless.’ Read more
Australia systematically locks up traumatised refugee children.
Refugees, fleeing real danger and persecution back home,
are being smashed upon the rocks of Australia,
as a deterrant to “Stop the boats”
The current Australian “Stop the boats” system,
with it’s long or lack of processing of genuine refugees,
leads inevitably and unsurprisingly to the death of refugee children
who are fleeing dangerous homelands
and avoiding insecure transit countries
where refugee conventions and refugee human rights are not recognised.
And now the Australian police are firing at refugees,
using war zone weapons on refugees
who are fleeing war zones and human rights abuses.
For the sake of the children, Rethink Refugees
www.rethinkrefugees.com.au
..and sign the petition,…and attend the rally.
