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Acting Minister for Immigration Tudge today said that facts matter. He’s right.
As we continue to see the pain and unnecessary cruelty of the Government’s offshore detention regime play out, here is a thread on some of these facts
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As we continue to see the pain and unnecessary cruelty of the Government’s offshore detention regime play out, here is a thread on some of these facts
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Sunday is the 7 year anniversary of the start of this offshore detention policy.
For 7 years, people have been warehoused on remote islands.
This policy has been incredibly damaging for children, women and men who came to Australia simply seeking safety #7YearsTooLong
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For 7 years, people have been warehoused on remote islands.
This policy has been incredibly damaging for children, women and men who came to Australia simply seeking safety #7YearsTooLong
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Families were ripped apart for years. We acted for fathers who missed the first years of their baby’s lives. Husbands and wives who the Australian Government deliberately kept apart for years, not knowing when they may see each other again
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The offshore detention conditions and lack of any hope for the future drove children to try to take their own lives.
We were forced to go to court time and time again to get the Government to bring children at risk of death within days to Australia
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We were forced to go to court time and time again to get the Government to bring children at risk of death within days to Australia
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So many people have lost some of the best years of their lives.
13 men have died
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13 men have died
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Over a year ago, the Minister for Home Affairs said he wanted to reduce the number of people in offshore detention in Nauru and PNG to zero.
13 months have passed.
Yet more than 400 people remain offshore.
Hundreds more are left languishing in detention in Australia
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13 months have passed.
Yet more than 400 people remain offshore.
Hundreds more are left languishing in detention in Australia
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The Government is facing protests in Brisbane because people have said enough is enough.
Rather than trying to distract from the suffering that the people sent offshore have endured, Minister Tudge must explain how the Government will finally end offshore detention
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Rather than trying to distract from the suffering that the people sent offshore have endured, Minister Tudge must explain how the Government will finally end offshore detention
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New Zealand has offered again and again to give refugees and people seeking asylum a safe future. But the Government has rejected the offer each time.
These women, children and men who have faced 7 years of uncertainty must now be allowed to rebuild their lives in safety
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These women, children and men who have faced 7 years of uncertainty must now be allowed to rebuild their lives in safety
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The fact is, we are seven years on, and the Government needs a plan. It needs to close this dark chapter in our history once and for all
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For a timeline of the seven, long and painful years of offshore detention, see here: https://www.hrlc.org.au/timeline-offshore-detention
#7YearsTooLong
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#7YearsTooLong
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