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| Justice for Refugees Rally |
Who: Bellingen and Nambucca
District Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR)
What: Rally for
asylum seekers and refugees
Where: The Jetty Foreshores
When: 11.00 to
12.30 pm,
Saturday 11 May
Contact: Mike Griffin Ph: 6569 5419
About:
“Our local group – Bellingen and
Nambucca District Rural Australians for Refugees – has been campaigning
for five years to bring an end to our brutal treatment of asylum seekers and
refugees on Nauru and Manus Island.
“The 930 adults who continue to
languish in these two hell-holes are held in indefinite detention, with no
prospect of resettling in Australia. Twelve of them have died whilst in
the “care” of the Australian government. Many of them have self-harmed, and
most of them have significant health issues as a direct result of the
government’s cruel and inhumane policy; a policy which is deliberately designed
to break their spirits. And it has!
“Most candidates seem to be ignoring
this issue. The older parties seem to have no plans for an early end to this imprisonment.
Imagine the feelings of hopelessness these legal refugees experience as they
suffer in these camps with no end in sight to their incarceration.
“We hope we are joined on Saturday
by Australians wanting to send a clear message to voters and candidates in the
federal election that this cruel, heartless, hugely expensive and utterly
unnecessary policy must be brought to an end. We Australians are better
than this. It is surely time to show some compassion.”
Mike Griffin, RAR
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