A refugee locked up in two Melbourne hotels for more than 14 months will take his case to the Federal Court on Tuesday, alleging the Commonwealth detained him unlawfully and seeking unspecified damages for his treatment.
When Ken and Sekai arrived in the NSW town of Leeton, they made instant connections and Ken soon had a job at Leeton Shire Council.
A decade ago these men risked everything when they fled to Australia by boat — leaving wives, children and family behind in an attempt to start a new, safer life that their loved ones could join in the future.
But years later, they languish, downhearted and depressed.
The issues mentioned were raised by the friends present at the meeting and the Honorable Immigration Minister and his advisers listened carefully to the problems and suggestions of the Afghan community representatives and promised that all problems and challenges raised will be dealt with step by step.
About 40 per cent of Nauru’s population is currently infected with COVID-19, and with prices of food and water soaring, refugees still detained on the tiny Pacific Island nation say they are struggling to access food, water and medicines.
Prof. Daniel Ghezelbash, Deputy Director of the Kaldor Centre for Refugee Law, and Fabia Claridge of People Like Us, call on the new Government to include the 14,000 refugees in Indonesia in a ‘one-off’ humanitarian intake.
Living in limbo is very bad because you don’t know if you can plan for the future in terms of a job, or education.
Reza Rostami, Psychologist and refugee