Note: Tasmanians for Refugees’ statement of purpose was written when Tasmanians for Refugees was formed. While there have been shifts and changes in federal government policy since 2001, the core principles remain the same.
We are a coalition of individuals and groups who are concerned about the plight of people seeking refugee status in Australia.
Our purpose is to:
- Provide an opportunity for people to collectively voice their concerns to politicians at all levels of government and the community at large.
- Liaise and assist like-minded groups to organize events and actions which highlight the plight of refugees.
- Join in with and support national and international organizations with similar goals.
- Connect with individuals who are asylum seekers at a personal level by writing letters to people in detention.
- Promote the idea that the Tasmanian community has both the obligation and the capacity to welcome refugees for initial assessment and particularly for long-term settlement.
- Oppose mandatory detention of asylum seekers while they are being assessed.
- Encourage the Government to make available adequate resources to support people in the community once they are recognized as refugees.
- Oppose the detention of children and argue that families should remain together and be accommodated in the community.
- Express our concern that current detention policies are creating such serious stress and trauma for detainees that they may have long-term mental health issues after they are released
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