Project SafeCom information sheets
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Project SafeCom Infosheets
- Infosheet 1: Refugees and detention: Countries compared - Comparing Sweden, Britain, United States. From 'Asylum Seekers in Sweden' by Grant Mitchell [2001], and 'Information from Lawyers Committee for Human Rights' [1999]. (PDF File, 75 Kb)
- Infosheet 2 - Our achievements in 2002, Our plans for 2003 - A 14 January 2003 summary of Project SafeCom's activities and plans as laid out at the beginning of 2003. (PDF File, 20 Kb)
- Infosheet 3: Edmund Rice Centre, Mandatory Detention 1 - From The Edmund Rice Centre, Sydney. Refugees are not queue jumpers, Asylum seekers are not illegal, Australia does not take many refugees, We're not being "swamped" by hordes of boat people, They are genuine refugees, Refugees are not wealthy, Detention Centres are not three star hotels. (PDF File 25 Kb)
- Infosheet 4: Edmund Rice Centre, Mandatory Detention 2 - From The Edmund Rice Centre, Sydney. Refugees are not terrorists; There is an alternative to Mandatory Detention; Alternatives to Detention; Closed DetentionOpen Detention and Community Release. (PDF File 26 Kb)
- Infosheet 5: Why the Baxter, Port Hedland Fires? - December 2002: an exploration of the causes and motives for the fires and disturbances in detention centres as they took place around Christmas/New Year 2002. By Jane Keogh, Canberra Refugee Action Committee. (PDF File 44Kb)
- Infosheet 6: Welcome to Australia! - Our 2003 Refugee Day Quiz Competition - Project SafeCom's spikey 2003 Refugee Day Quiz Competition was designed wiith poignant questions designed to make the Australian tourist and politicians question what's happening in Australia. (PDF File 26Kb)
- Infosheet 7: Iraq's refugees seek shelter from the storm - Iraqis flee Saddam hussein, but Australia under John Howard locks them up. Some comments about Iraqi refugees in detention centres in the context of the invasion of Iraq by the "Coalition of the Willing". (PDF File 26Kb)
- Infosheet 8: Our Position Statement: Why No War - Why Project SafeCom opposes the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the 'Coalition of the Willing'. (PDF File 20Kb)
- Infosheet 9: Refugees Deserve a Permanent Future - 4000 TPV (temporary protection visa) Holders are now living in Australia - information compiled by Rural Australians for Refugees. (PDF File 25Kb)
- Infosheet 9: Refugees Deserve a Permanent Future - 4000 TPV (temporary protection visa) Holders are now living in Australia - information compiled by Rural Australians for Refugees. (PDF File 25Kb)
- Infosheet 10: Death by Deportation? - Asylum seekers in Australia's refugee prisons are on a countdown to deportation. The Howard Government has announced that every Iranian currently held in detention will be deported back to Iran by the end of May 2003. By the Refugee Action Committee Canberra. (PDF File 55Kb)
- Infosheet 11: Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers - the original 'Just Comment' leaflet of the Edmund Rice Centre, Sydney which became one of the foundation statements of the refugee movement around Australia. (PDF File 203Kb)
- Infosheet 12: October 2003 - Project SafeCom's mandate and direction: a summary of Project SafeCom's direction, action and constitutional mandate. - (PDF File 20Kb)
- Infosheet 14: October 2003 - Debunking More Myths About Asylum Seekers. The Edmund Rice Centre has just released the new set of DEBUNKED MYTHS on their website. This follows on from the first eight Myths, released last year (see Infosheet 11). (PDF File 70Kb)
