Darwin residents are campaigning every day for the Medevac refugees to be freed.
The fight to free nine refugees who have been locked up in community detention in Darwin for more than a year is drawing wide support.
The campaign, organised by Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network (DASSAN), has now won the support of Darwin City Council which, on April 13, voiced its “strong opposition” to the refugees being indefinitely detained.
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Since January, every single day, activists gather outside a six-foot fence behind the Mercure Airport compound, and call for the immediate release of Afsaneh, Mojtaba, Behnam, Yaghoob, Malakeh, Hajar, Abbas, Asfaneh and Mojtaba. All are from Iran and all have been deemed to be refugees. They were brought to Darwin to receive medical care, which they could not receive on Nauru where they had been for seven years.
Federal government urged to accelerate aid to Timor Leste amid catastrophic floods
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A Royal Australian Air Force transport plane landed in Timor Leste today with almost 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid.
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Labor is ramping up pressure on the federal government to send military helicopters to Timor-Leste, which is struggling to provide aid to remote communities devastated by catastrophic floods.
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Labor is demanding the government rapidly accelerate its response, arguing the announcements so far do not match the scale of the disaster
The floods have left at least 46 people dead or missing, while several thousand people are staying in evacuation centres
Timor-Lesteâs government to seek international help rebuilding after devastating, fatal floods
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Authorities are concerned about the availability of drinking water and waterborne diseases.
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Timor-Leste s government says it will ask Australia and other nations for help following catastrophic floods that have killed dozens and left thousands homeless.
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As the country continues to assess to full damage from the floods, it has also recorded its first COVID death
Timor-Leste s first batch of vaccines arrived yesterday and authorities want to begin immunisations tomorrow
Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Australia is standing ready to provide more assistance
Woman raises almost $10k for flood victims A GoFundMe page started by a Timorese Australian has already raised almost $10000 to support flood victims in Dili.
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Subscriber only SOLOMON MP Luke Gosling is calling on the Australian Government to respond quickly to assist Timor Leste and Eastern Indonesia as they battle devastating floods which have killed more than 70 people. The region was hit with flash flooding and landslides on Sunday, killing more 75 people with dozens still missing. Mr Gosling said the flooding is making it difficult for local authorities to assist survivors. The Australian Government must respond quickly to assist our friends and neighbours withy this humanitarian disaster, he said.
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