Refugees

MAPW signs Open Statement on Asylum Seekers

Written 10/10/2011

MAPW has joined a group of prominent Australian individuals and institutions, reflecting a broad-ranging perspective in the political spectrum, and co-signed an Open Statement on Asylum Seekers.

The Open Statement emphasises the need for an alternative policy direction in Australia's treatment of asylum seekers and outlines key elements of that new direction.

Dr Margaret Beavis

Position within MAPW:

Vice President

Contact:

margaret.beavis@mapw.org.au or via MAPW office, 03 9023 1958 or 0431 475 465

Professional Qualifications:

MBBS, FRACGP

Current field of medicine:

General Practice

Special areas of interest:

Nuclear weapons, nuclear industry, environment, human costs of war

Background:

Dr Beavis is committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons, and the end of the hazardous nuclear industy. Her concerns for the human costs of war have led her to work as a volunteer GP with Melbourne's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. She also has a particular interest in health and the environment, both on a global scale, and in her local community.

Photographic exhibition: Unsafe haven

Event Date:

Mon, 05/09/2011 - 00:00 - Fri, 07/10/2011 - 00:00

Location:

Sydney

An exhibition of photographs taken in the Hazarajat regions of Afghinastan by youth worker, freelance writer and former refugee Abdul Kerim Hekmat. The exhibition gives insight into the plight of the Hazara and challenges the view that Afghan asylum seekers are no longer in need of protection.

East Timor living memory project

Event Date:

Mon, 20/06/2011 - 10:00 - Fri, 24/06/2011 - 16:30

Location:

Melbourne

Venue: Australian Catholic University
Christ Lecture Theatre
17 Young St, Fitzroy

MAPW commentators available on asylum seeker humanitarian crisis

Written 24/03/2011

MAPW members are available to speak on issues concerning refugees and asylum seekers.

MAPW has urged in the past that Australia’s response to asylum seekers be humanitarian, and in accordance with international human rights law.

MAPW raises Sri Lankan human rights with PM

Written 07/07/2010

MAPW President Dr Bill Williams wrote to to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on July 1 to congratulate the Australian Senate on its recent resolution regarding the investigation of alleged human rights abuses during the final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009.

Sri Lanka human rights: MAPW writes to PM

Written 07/07/2010

This letter from MAPW President Dr Bill Williams to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, congratulates the Australian Senate on its recent resolution regarding the investigation of alleged human rights abuses during the final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009.

2010_07-01_letter_Sri Lanka.pdf

Refugee lecture

Event Date:

Thu, 11/02/2010 - 18:00 - 19:00

Location:

Melbourne

Free public lecture on 'Out to Sea: Refugee Policy Under Rudd Government'

Speaker: Jessie Taylor, Melbourne lawyer, refugee advocate and author of 'Behind Australian Doors: Examining the Conditions of Detention of Asylum Seekers in Indonesia'.

Where: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street
When: 6-7pm, 11 February

'Indonesian solution' refugee meeting

Event Date:

Tue, 16/02/2010 - 18:30

Location:

Melbourne

Refugee Action Collective (RAC) public meeting & film screening: The 'Indonesian solution' is no solution.

Speakers: Jessie Taylor (lawyer and refugee advocate who has visited Indonesia's detention centres), Saradha Nathan (Sydney Tamil Community activist).

When: 6.30pm, 16 February
Where: Multicultural Hub,

MAPW urges humanitarian treatment of Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

Written 29/10/2009

MAPW President Bill Williams has written a letter to Immigration Minister Chris Evans, urging that Australia’s response to Sri Lankan asylum seekers be humanitarian, and in accordance with international human rights law.