RALLY FOR REFUGEES THIS SUNDAY 2pm Sunday 9 April, Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park north





SPEAKERS:

MARK MOREY Secretary, Unions NSW

SAMUEL PHO Vietnamese refugee and Salvation Army National Secretary

SAFY HAREER Sudanese refugee

JOUMANA HARRIS Muslim Women’s Association

SUE WAREHAM Medical Association for the Prevention of War

Plus Acknowledgement of country by Indigenous activist ELIZABETH JARRETT and performances from MAHDIA RAHMAN (Slam poet, SYDNEY TRADE UNION CHOIR AND SOLIDARITY CHOIR March to First Fleet Park, Circular QuaySecretary, Unions NSWVietnamese refugee and Salvation Army National SecretarySudanese refugeeMuslim Women’s AssociationMedical Association for the Prevention of WarPlus Acknowledgement of country by Indigenous activistand performances from(Slam poet, listen to her perform here ) and







The US deal, at best, will leave hundreds stranded in the camps on Manus and Nauru. Majority public opinion now supports evacuating them from the camps, but Turnbull continues to stall. Join us to raise the pressure to #BringThemHere.



If you're outside Sydney check out the list of other rallies nation-wide here This Sunday thousands will hit the streets across the country to call on Turnbull to #ClosetheCamps. Every week brings new outrages from the treatment of Lebanese asylum seekers the government is deporting from Manus Island to the brutal attempt to deport Saeed back to Iraq.The US deal, at best, will leave hundreds stranded in the camps on Manus and Nauru. Majority public opinion now supports evacuating them from the camps, but Turnbull continues to stall. Join us to raise the pressure to #BringThemHere.



Help us promote the rally:



1. Share the video message from Behrouz Boochani on Manus Island urging people to come to the rally at this link 1.



Invite your friends to the Facebook event here www.facebook.com/events/1790212824567225 2.

Free Saeed, Stop deportations



A vigil is continuing outside Villawood detention centre to support Saeed, who is facing deportation to Iraq—more info is on A vigil is continuing outside Villawood detention centre to support Saeed, who is facing deportation to Iraq—more info is on this new page . When we get word of any move by Immigration to deport Saeed we will notify people about emergency actions. The effort to deport Saeed after he had spent three weeks on hunger strike and was in a wheelchair has become another symbol of the brutality of Australia’s anti-refugee policies #FreeSaeed