ECU Students For Refugees

ECU Students For Refugees A group of compassionate ECU students, who wish to raise awareness of asylum issues in Australia, and support refugees in detention and in the WA community

An organisation of compassionate Edith Cowan students interested in offering support to asylum seekers in WA, both in detention and in the community. Working closely with RRAN to raise awareness and dispel myths, activities will include fund-raising events, letter writing schemes, movie screenings and visits to Yongah Hill. Please get in touch if this is an issue which you feel strongly about, even if you don't have much time to commit. Each member can and will make a difference.

21/01/2016

Eric Abetz dismisses calls by 933 academics across the country for children to be released from detention as "a sad disassociation from practical considerations". 

18/01/2016

Exclusive: International Health and Medical Services says government services are inadequate and children’s mental health deteriorates the longer they’re held

15/12/2015
10/12/2015

This is "whymalcolmwhy_V2" by Sarah-Jane Woulahan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

10/12/2015
08/12/2015

That in 2015 this has to be stated tells us there's plenty of work ahead. But together we can change the conversation in 2016. We're ready, are you?

30/11/2015

On Nov 27 the Tamils from Sri Lanka pay their respects to all those that sacrificed their life in the 26 year long and ongoing struggle for freedom, justice and a homeland. This is the speech I delivered to about 2000 Tamils at the Sydney vigil: http://bit.ly/1ReabMv.

25/11/2015

Lawyers express concern for welfare of occupants after boat that made it within 200m of Australian territory was towed out to sea by navy last week

31/10/2015

Perth says to asylum seekers and refugees.

To our friends on Manus and Nauru, to those who are detained onshore, and to those who are living in the community on bridging visas, these messages are for you.

As we gathered to today, our thoughts remained with all those who have been made to feel unwelcome; in some cases with fatal consequences.

Reza Barati
Hamid Kehazaei
Leo Seemanpillai
Raza
Ali
Mohammad Nasim Najafi
Khodayar Amini
Reza

These are few of several names of people who have been mistreated, abused and murdered by government policy.

There are thousands of others in detention and in the community who know all too well how it feels to be vilified, dehumanised and treated as if the country you were born in and the circumstances and mode of transport that brought you to Australia somehow make you less human.

The messages of love and unity being put forward today surely warmed the hearts of those who received them, this alone however will not end the self-perpetuating cycle of despair inherent to the policies of mandatory detention and offshore processing. The question subsequently becomes, what can each of us do to make this concept of "welcome" manifest systemically? How can we ensure that people who seek asylum in Australia aren't turned away, subject to endless waits in concentration camps or dumped in a third country that does not have the capacity to support them?

must be accompanied by the call to end mandatory detention, end offshore processing, end the turning back of people on boats, end forced deportations and the development of a processing system that allows people to live in the community while their claims are being assessed and ends with the provision of permanent protection and resettlement in Australia.

This is a call we will continue to make.



31/10/2015

STEVEN CARROLL

30/10/2015

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