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July 2020
RAR National Special General Meeting – Saturday, 2pm, July 11th 2020
https://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au/sgm2020/
Find out more »National: RAR Student Video and Poster Competition: 3 weeks to go! Closes on 31 July
https://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au/rarcomp2020/
Find out more »Hamilton RAR – Vigil
Hamilton RAR is holding a vigil outside Dan Tehan's office on Friday 17 July to commemorate #7YearsTooLong - the anniversary of the date in 2013 when offshore processing became mandatory. Seven years later refugees and people seeking asylum are still languishing in detention off-shore and on-shore with no hope of an end to their imprisonment without any offense. Six HARAR members will stand outside Dan Tehan’s office with social distancing in place. Each person will have a placard. The bell…
Find out more »#7YearsTooLong
July 19 is the anniversary of the day in 2013 when Kevin Rudd, then Prime Minister of Australia announced that people seeking asylum arriving in Australia by boat would be sent to offshore detention camps, and they would never be allowed to settle in Australia if found to be refugees. Offshore processing in Manus Island and Nauru started again in August 2012, but it is the date of 19 July which stands out as a landmark for off-shore / on-shore / community detention. For yet…
Find out more »National: RAR Student Video and Poster Competition: 2 weeks to go! Closes on 31 July
https://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au/rarcomp2020/
Find out more »National: RAR Student Video and Poster Competition: Last week! Entries closes on 31 July
https://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au/rarcomp2020/
Find out more »September 2020
RAR National Annual General Meeting – Saturday, August 19th 2020
Details to be confirmed asap
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