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Campaign Features
The typical journey of a refugee seeking safety
Rajeed's Journey: An illustrated series that shows the typical journey of a refugee seeking safety.
How you can make refugee rights a reality
Find out the many ways that you can help make refugee rights a reality. We believe that the key to achieving this is to change the way Australians talk and think about refugees. Here's how you can get involved.
Live from the ground of Australia’s detention centres
Our Refugee Campaign Coordinator Alex Pagliaro's daily blogs from the ground of her fact-finding mission of Australia's immigration detention centres.
Our controversial Faces of Asylum exhibition
See the exhibition one local council has banned for being 'too political', claiming that it risked offending library patrons.
Join our Freedom from fences appeal
Restore hope by helping fund our Refugee Casework Team in 2012. Help provide asylum seekers with a chance for safety and freedom.
The cold realities of life in Malaysia as a refugee
Asylum seeker children as young as three in Malaysia are still being rounded up and detained without their parents.
An indefensible punishment
Can our government continue justifying locking up asylum seekers for indefinite periods while their health deteriorates?
A rare step forward for refugee rights
Three reasons why the Australian government might finally be on the right track for protecting refugee rights.
Tell our government to process refugees onshore
Help influence the government's vote on offshore processing of asylum seekers on 11 October.
Crucial law strengthens protections
A new law was quietly passed in the senate this week to strengthen protections for people who arrive in Australia needing safety.
A landmark victory for asylum seekers and human rights
The High Court ruling that stopped the Malaysia Deal is an incredible victory for asylum seekers and human rights. Here's what the decision means.
The ‘Malaysia deal’: where to now?
Now the Malaysia deal has been signed and sealed, the human rights holes in the plan may mean asylum seekers will miss out on the protection they need.
Blog: ‘Boat people’ are real people
Changing the debate about refugees starts with changing the hearts and minds of people in Australia and our decision makers.
World Refugee Week
Make an impact for refugees and asylum seekers during World Refugee Week on 19 to 25 June.
Malaysian announcement breaches Australia’s international obligations
Our National Director Claire Maillinson expresses her concerns over the 'Malaysia deal' in a letter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The Malaysia deal: what does it achieve?
The government is going to swap 880 people who have sought asylum in Australia with 4,000 people who have sought asylum in Malaysia.
Christmas Island proof the whole system is broken
The recent events on Christmas Island prove that Australia’s immigration detention system is at breaking point.
The facts on refugees and asylum seekers
There are many misconceptions about refugees and asylum seekers which are preventing serious changes in policy from being made.
Refugees’ real stories
Behind the rhetoric on refugees and asylum seekers are real people, each with a unique and often tragic story to tell.
When you think about the boats, think again
Introducing Amnesty International’s campaign which seeks to change the asylum seeker debate in Australia.


I hope that Australia is bringing diplomatic pressure to bear in the fight against this prehistoric legislation.
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8 February 2012, 11:02PM