Australian campaigners express disappointment that children still detained on Nauru despite passing of deadline this week
Groups campaigning for the release of all children from Nauru, where they have been living as a result of Australia’s offshore detention policy for asylum seekers, have expressed disappointment that there are still children detained on the island despite the passing of a deadline by which they’d hoped all would have been removed. The #KidsOffNauru […]
Sixty per cent of Australians unaware refugee children detained on Nauru, poll finds
Six out of 10 Australians are unaware that refugee children are being detained on Nauru, according to a new poll. The poll was commissioned by World Vision Australia which is among a coalition of humanitarian and refugee advocacy groups which recently launched a campaign, #KidsOffNauru, to have the more than 110 children on the island […]
ESSAY: IT’S TIME TO GET #KIDSOFFNAURU
In an edited version of a speech presented at the Tasmanian Prayer Breakfast this week, CLAIRE ROGERS, CEO of World Vision Australia, talks about a new campaign – #KidsOffNauru – in which more than 30 organisations are demanding all children on Nauru be removed by 20th November…