Archive for February, 2007
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Sleepout to end poverty for asylum seekers!
2007 marks the 10th anniversary of our federal government denying thousands of asylum seekers the right to work, income and health care. By doing so they force asylum seeker families into a life of destitution, hunger, homelessness, ill health and despair. The ASRC is making 2007 the year that we fight to get the government to end destitution for [...]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
ASRC fears for the safety of mentally unwell detainees
“Any decision by the Immigration department to over-rule medical and legal opinion and return 2 mentally ill men to detention in the Port Augusta Housing Project places their lives at risk”, says Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC).
“Last week a frail, sick woman was found unconscious and barely breathing in the [...]
