#auspol #Australia Pregnant women refuse to get off bus in Darwin #refugees #asylumseekers MEDIA RELEASE PREGNANT REFUGEES FROM NAURU REFUSE TO GET OFF BUS IN DARWIN Two refugee families flown from Nauru to Darwin last night (Saturday) around 10pm, have refused to get off a bus that was transporting them to Wickham Point detention centre. One family, Adnan and his wife, Maryam travelled with their 10 year old son, Amir (pictured in the attached photographs. The other couple, Hossein and his wife, is Iranian Kurdish. Both women are around 8 months pregnant. Before they left Nauru, the families were told that they would be accommodated in the community in Darwin. But on arrival were told they would be taken to detention at Wickham Point. The families have told Immigration officers they would rather take the risk and be sent back to Nauru than spend one night in detention. Both families endured around 15 months in detention on Nauru and have been living freely on Nauru for about since being found to be refugees. The families have offered to pay for their own motel accomodation, rather than be sent to detention. We are calling on the Immigration to immediately arrange community accommodation for the families. There can be no excuse for trying to place them in detention. They could be accommodated in the community in an instant, said Ian Rintoul, from the Refugee Action Coalition. They are recognised refugees and should be afforded every protection, leave aside the unnecessary stress and anxiety that being inflicted on the pregnant women. Adnan has a brother living in Melbourne that is more than willing to support and accommodate them. This is just one more example of the cruelty and bureacratic madness of Morrisons refugee policy. Nauru will not permanently settle refugees. People on Nauru found to be refugees are being issued only with a one year visa. Recently, Nauruan refugees have been the subject of violent vigilante attacks. One refugee, Merhzad, has been blinded in one eye as a result of a vigilante attack a few weeks ago and is still waiting to be properly treated. Merhzad and his family should have been brought to Australia along with the families of the two pregnant women. The treatment of all the asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru has recently drawn international condemnation from the UN Committee of Torture. For more information contact Ian Rintoul mob 0417 275 713
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 22:11:17 +0000
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