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‘Seasick’ exhibition paints Australian refugee realities

Ahead of Refugee Week, Adelaide art exhibition, Seasick, frames a lens on the deeply personal experiences of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat. In a series of paintings and postcards, the artists and siblings, Elaheh Mahdavi and Arman Mahdavi explore the lives of those who fled their homeland, the loved ones left behind …

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Palm Sunday Rally for Refugee and Asylum Seekers rights

This Sunday will see the annual Palm Sunday Rally and March in Sydney for refugee and asylum seekers rights. The protests urge politicians to grant stranded refugees into Australia with permanent visas, alongside a call for peace for ongoing global conflicts. Image: Image Credit: Ria Sopala from Pixabay Produced By: Toni Pankaluic Featured In Story: …

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Calls for Government to take Asylum Seekers more seriously

Refugee advocates are urging the government to take the lives of asylum seekers more seriously. Social support for people seeking asylum was cut by 95 per cent, with successive Federal Governments forcing people seeking asylum further into poverty, sickness and homelessness. It comes as the Albanese government spent less than half of the nearly 37 …

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