http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/ en Copyright 2016 2016-09-12T23:41:35+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42471/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42471/#When:23:41:35Z Two refugees with muscular dystrophy made a remarkable journey from Syria to a refugee camp in Greece to escape the armed group that calls itself Islamic State (IS). Campaign Features, Blogs 2016-09-12T23:41:35+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42390/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42390/#When:23:29:15Z Anna Neistat - Senior Director for Research at Amnesty International - recounts witnessing 'patterns of horrendous abuse' occurring under Australia's offshore detention program. Campaign Features, Blogs 2016-08-24T23:29:15+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42272/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42272/#When:00:56:58Z Anna Neistat, Senior Director of Research at Amnesty International recounts the shocking situation she found refugees and asylum seekers living in on her recent research mission to Nauru. Campaign Features 2016-08-05T00:56:58+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42244/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42244/#When:20:00:03Z The Australian Government is forcing 1,200 men, women and children seeking safety in Australia to live in abhorrent conditions in Nauru. Campaign Features 2016-08-01T20:00:03+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42198/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42198/#When:05:41:01Z Around 48,000 refugees and migrants are still stranded in Greece, many in terrible conditions in state-run camps. Amnesty International recently visited and documented some of their stories. Campaign Features 2016-07-26T05:41:01+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42116/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42116/#When:01:05:16Z Amnesty International Australia has prepared this submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs in advance of the Civil Society Consultation ahead of the Australia-Viet Nam Human Rights Dialogue 2016. Submissions 2016-06-21T01:05:16+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42004/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/42004/#When:02:30:36Z On World Refugee Day, we talk to Ghias Aljundi, who fled to the UK from Syria 18 years ago. He is one of thousands volunteering to help refugees arriving in Greece since last year. But he’d never expected that one day he’d rescue his own family from a rubber boat. Campaign Features 2016-06-20T02:30:36+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/41864/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/41864/#When:07:14:13Z On 4 May the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee tabled its interim report on the alleged payments by Australian officials to Indonesia crew members to turn back their boats. Campaign Features 2016-05-31T07:14:13+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/41188/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/41188/#When:02:18:05Z Our new report ‘I want a safe place: Refugee women from Syria uprooted and unprotected in Lebanon' reveals that Syrian refugee women don’t feel safe in Lebanon. Here are four reasons why, and four possible solutions. Campaign Features, Blogs 2016-02-02T02:18:05+00:00 http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/41177/?utm_source=refugees&utm_medium=feed http://www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/41177/#When:03:57:05Z As Denmark proposes delaying family reunification, the story of Syrian refugees Omar and his family shows why the right to a family life is worth fighting for. Campaign Features, Blogs 2016-01-29T03:57:05+00:00