Category Archives: Community action

Refugee Award Winner Said Dileri Interview

July 5, 2011 – 12:40 pm

The Crisis Hub’s Said Dileri  wins prestigious refugee award The Humanitarian Crisis Hub is proud to congratulate Said, our Community Development Officer for the Afghanistan project, for his induction into the Victorian Government’s 2011 Victorian Refugee Recognition Record (VRRR). This annual award, which is part of Refugee Week in June, recognises the outstanding achievements of [...]

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Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre Career Planning Workshop

May 3, 2011 – 12:31 pm

Spectrum MRC is holding a Career Planning workshop (delivered by Victoria University Community Gateways) for people from refugee backgrounds on Thursday June 9th from 10am – 12pm. If you have asked questions such as: ‘How do I use my skills in Australia?’ or ‘What type of job is good for me?’, then this is the [...]

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Asylum seekers threaten suicide at Villawood

September 20, 2010 – 6:11 pm

There are five detainees on the roof right now, in Villawood Detention Centre.  Ramesh Fernandez CEO  and Ex-detainee from RISE has spoken to these men and they have told him that they will jump off the roof if no resolution is given. This morning, a Fijian detainee of Villawood immigration detention centre committed suicide. He [...]

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Refugees are welcome – Sunday June 20th Melbourne

May 4, 2010 – 5:06 pm

The recent decisions to freeze processing of all claims by asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, and to re-open the notorious Curtin detention centre, are taking us back to the dark days of Australia’s recent past. Refugees should be welcomed to this country, not vilified, victimised and used as political footballs to secure electoral [...]

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