The 'solution': Remote and indefinite detention
A group of 82 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, whose boat was intercepted last month attempting to reach Australia, is now facing indefinite detention on the remote island nation of Nauru.
Amnesty International Australia has called for the asylum seekers to be processed promptly and to be settled in Australia if they are found to be refugees.
The situation currently facing eight Rohingya asylum seekers on Nauru also causes great concern to Amnesty International Australia.
These men have been detained since August 2006 and it does not appear that there is a solution in sight for the group.
Immigration and Citizenship Minister Kevin Andrews maintains that sending asylum seekers to Nauru is a deterrent.
Politicians meet refugees from Darfur
Key politicians in Canberra heard from four refugee women from Darfur this week. Each of the women shared their stories and talked about the dangers they have faced, the trauma experienced in refugee camps, how they fled their country and how their settlement in Australia has been.
This was a rare opportunity for our politicians to hear first-hand from refugees and to learn more about the situations which lead people to flee their countries.
