Refugee activists in Australia organise nationwide actions

Following on from last week’s story on a boat carrying asylum seekers turned back to Indonesia, new reports allege that the Australian government bribed the people in charge of the boat. It is alleged that custom officials paid AUS $5,000 to six people so that they would turn back. Deportations of refugees to the concentrations camps of Manus and Nauru are continuing. Next Sunday, the 21st of June, demonstrations all around Australia will be held against the policies of the Australian government. For Melbourne rally details.

Following on from last week’s story on a boat carrying asylum seekers turned back to Indonesia, new reports allege that the Australian government bribed the people in charge of the boat. It is alleged that custom officials paid AUS $5,000 to six people so that they would turn back. Deportations of refugees to the concentrations camps of Manus and Nauru are continuing. Next Sunday, the 21st of June, demonstrations all around Australia will be held against the policies of the Australian government. For Melbourne rally details.