Welcome to the Refugee Advocacy Network
The Refugee Advocacy Network is a broad coalition of Victorian organisations who have come together to advance a more just, humane approach to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. If you or your organisation would like to support the network please get in touch.We want your news, events and press releases!
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Recent Posts
- Summary of 2012-13 Federal Budget measures affecting refugees
- Human Rights Arts & Film Festival
- ERC research in Afghanistan uncovers grave dangers faced by deportees from Australia
- Petition to protest the indefinite detention of Ranjini and her children
- Greens urge govt stop destroying families and change ASIO Act
Archives by Category
Links to Supporting Organisations
- 3CR Community Radio
- Act for Peace – National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA)
- Amnesty International
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
- Australian Education Union Vic
- Australian Greens Victoria
- Australian Jewish Democratic Society
- Australian Nursing Federation
- Australian Services Union (Vic Private Sector Branch)
- Australian Tamil Congress
- Australian Western Sahara Association
- Australian Workers Union
- Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project
- CEPU Communications Division Postal and Telecommunications Branch Victoria
- Community and Public Sector Union – Victorian State Government Employees
- Edmund Rice Asylum Seeker Project
- Federation of Australian Muslim Students & Youth
- Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic)
- Fitzroy Learning Network
- Freedom Socialist Party
- Friends of the Earth
- Geelong Trades Hall
- Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
- Hotham Mission
- Humanitarian Crisis Hub
- Islamic Council of Victoria
- Justice and International Mission Unit, Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania
- Labor 4 Refugees
- Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET)
- Liberty Victoria
- Maritime Union of Australia
- Melbourne Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office
- National Union of Students
- Radical Women
- Refugee Action Collective
- Refugee Council of Australia
- Resistance
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- RISE – Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees
- Socialist Alliance
- Socialist Alternative
- Solidarity
- Spirit of Eureka
- Swinburne Student Union
- Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union
- The Social Studio
- Union of Australian Women
- United Voice
- Uniting Church in Australia
- Victorian Council of Churches
- Victorian Immigrant and Refugees Women’s Coalition
- Victorian Independent Education Union
- Victorian Trades Hall Council
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival
The fifth Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) opens on May 15th and runs for eleven days in Melbourne before crossing the country. It is a festival to showcase…
About the Refugee Advocacy Network
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What can I do?
Find out how you can help the campaign to improve rights for refugees in Australia.
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Supporting organisations
The list of organisations who are a part of the Refugee Advocacy Network.
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What we stand for
An outline of RAN’s aims and objectives
Press Releases
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Summary of 2012-13 Federal Budget measures affecting refugees
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsKEY POINTS The Refugee and Humanitarian Program will remain static at 13,750 places The Government will be seeking the community’s views on the feasibility of introducing a private sponsorship pilot... -
ERC research in Afghanistan uncovers grave dangers faced by deportees from Australia
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No Comments“In this visit to Kabul, further to our previous visits, we met and interviewed another 31 returned asylum seekers. 29 of these 31 are living in extreme danger,” affirmed ERC... -
Greens urge govt stop destroying families and change ASIO Act
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe Australian Greens have today urged the federal government to change the ASIO Act after revelations another family has been torn apart and faces indefinite detention even though they have... -
Greens successfully create inquiry into Indonesian children held in Australian adult prisons
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe Australian Greens today announce they’ve successfully created a parliamentary inquiry to examine whether Indonesian children are being held in facilities such as prisons and remand centres where adults are... -
Immigration Dept’s budget blow out was avoidable with time limits and more community release places: Greens
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsThe blow out of more than $1 billion dollars in the Immigration Department’s budget was avoidable had the government finally put time limits on detention and increased community release places,... -
Reduce Immigration Dept’s slice of budget spending with detention time limits and more community release places: Greens
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe government can trim the Immigration Department’s budget from blowing out in the vicinity of $3 billion this Tuesday by putting time limits on detention and funding more community release... -
Global campaign to end child detention wants 428 video messages from Australian youth
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsMay 2012 marks the twelfth month of detention for one of the 428 children currently in Australian facilities. In May, Australia also becomes the first in a series of countries... -
Home placement scheme for asylum seekers compassionate and cheaper way to care for refugees: Greens
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe Gillard government’s offer of payments to Australians who want to house asylum seekers is a compassionate move that will improve the mental health of fragile people and save taxpayers... -
Govt review of 24 Indonesian kids’ cases long overdue and now the law must be changed: Greens
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe Australian Greens are relieved the Attorney-General has finally agreed to review the cases of 24 convicted Indonesian boat crew who may be children. The Greens have renewed calls on... -
Bowen maintains shameful policy of keeping 428 asylum seeker children detained: Greens
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsFigures showing 428 children remain detained demonstrate the Immigration Minister continues to flout our international obligations and neglects his duty as legal guardian to act in their best interests, the...