Refugee Action Coalition Sydney (RAC) is a community activist organisation campaigning for the rights of refugees in Australia since 1999.
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Asylum seekers on Naoero (formerly Nauru) are facing a severe food shortage after being forced to dispose of food following the second power blackout at their camp in the last week. The post Nauru food crisis worsens after power blackouts first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
A group of ex-Manus and ex-Nauru refugees and supporters in New Zealand held a protest outside the Australian consulate in Auckland yesterday calling on the Australian government to urgently medevac the seriously ill Iranian asylum seeker, Hatam Yekta, from PNG to Australia. Many of those involved in the Auckland protest are now refugees in New […] The post New Zealand refugees call on Australian…
Refugee activists are calling for the government to act urgently to medevac a Kurdish-Iranian refugee, Hatam Yekta, from Port Moresby to Australia. The post Urgent medevac needed for PNG refugee first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
“Terry”, an Iranian refugee on Nauru, has sewn his lips together and began a hunger strike in protest against his deportation and the conditions on Nauru that threaten his life. The post Nauru refugee sews his lips and begins hunger strike first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s announcement that Australia will impose a six-month ban on entry from Iran temporary tourist visa holders is a shameful continuation of a “deter and deny” policy. The post Refugee advocates demand “open the borders” to Iranians: end Labor’s shameful Iranian visa ban first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
DFAT travel advice regarding Iran says, “We continue to advise do not travel to Iran and leave Iran as soon as possible…” But on Thursday afternoon (26.02.26), Border Force officers seized an Afghan asylum seeker, “Nadim” (not his real name), took him to Sydney airport in an attempt to force him back to Iran. Nadim, […] The post Human rights overboard as Labor tries to deport Afghan asylum seeker…
The announcement that the first ‘NZYQ deportee’ has successfully been sent to Nauru has opened a new era of Labor government-facilitated human rights abuse. The post Stop the deportations, End Australia’s gulag: Close Nauru first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
Last minute legal invention on Tuesday night 7 October has stopped the removal of Chinese asylum seeker, "Ling". The post Last minute legal intervention stops removal first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
The Albanese government is attempting to remove a 31-year-old Chinese asylum seeker who arrived in Melbourne less than 24 hours ago. The post Labor must stop the removal of Chinese asylum seeker first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
Ruth, a 35-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker who has been in PNG for more than eight and half years, was found dead in her accommodation in Port Moresby on Monday 25 August. The post Nigerian asylum seeker found dead in Port Moresby first appeared on Refugee Action Coalition .
