Feedback at last for all of you who so generously support refugees and asylum-seekers, primarily in Adelaide and surrounds, through the Rapid Response Circle (110). Some good news “Paul’s” health continues to improve and he is able to stay in Australia for the short term at least (see here for our initial story on “Paul”. At present he is trying …
Category: Circle Stories
A Moment of Joy (continued)
(see here for previous installment of Mother and Daughter who spent a year in Australia, while the little girl’s Father remained in offshore detention) As of the 9th of December 2019 this little girl continues to wait for her Father to come and fill those “Daddy shoes” by the door. She visits him weekly in the Detention Centre Adelaide’s northern …
A moment of joy
Big birthdays, like turning one, bring changes. We shared previously how the Rapid Response Circle (Circle 110) had organised a first birthday party for a baby, born to a refugee mother in outer Adelaide. For this child, the biggest change was meeting her Dad for the first time ever, after his arrival in Adelaide from detention offshore. We would love …
#toNZ Stage 3
October 5 – October 21 Continue actions listed in previous post. ACTION 1 – Andrew Wilkie Legislation: REFUGEE PROTECTION BILL Andrew Wilkie is introducing his Refugee Protection Bill on Monday morning October 21. There is a copy of the Bill is on the Rural Australian’s for Refugees (RAR) website. If you can be in the Parliament House Gallery on the …
#ToNZ – the next steps
By Monica O’Wheel – COFA Committee Chairperson Last night I attended Cathy McGowan’s meeting on her national tour, asking us to support the campaign, with Rural Australians for Refugees, to get a resolution for the men who have been detained on Manus Island. It is about taking one campaign at a time. Like getting the Kids off Nauru last year. …