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Edmund Rice Centre

15 Henley Rd
(PO Box 2219)
Homebush West,
NSW 2140
AUSTRALIA

Ph:  (02) 8762 4200
Fx:  (02) 8762 4220

Int'l Ph: +61 2 8762 4200
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Email: erc@erc.org.au

Located just 100 metres to the south of Flemington Railway Station. Link to new location on Google Maps

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5 Abingdon St
(Postal: 84 Park Rd)
Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102

Ph 1: (07) 3103 7376
Ph 2: (02) 8090 1976
Fax: (02) 8762 4220

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A Well Founded Fear - Petition to Minister of Immigration

To coincide with the 19th November 2008 SBS television screening of A Well Founded Fear  the documentary film on the Edmund Rice Centre's Deported to Danger research work into Australia's treatment of rejected asylum seekers, a petition has been developed to the Minister of Immigration:

 

The Hon. Chris Evans
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Dear Senator, 
The Australian Government sends back asylum seekers it doesn’t think are refugees. International law says people should not be sent to unsafe locations. But the Government never finds out what happens to the asylum seekers they don’t want. 
If we do not know what has happened to the asylum seekers the Government sends back then we will never know whether the right decision was made to send them back. 
The Edmund Rice Centre has managed to track down over 250 returnees in 22 different countries. Their work has been highlighted in the recent documentary A Well-Founded Fear. 
I am concerned about the fate of the people who appeared in the film and call upon the Government to reopen their cases. 
Respectfully,

 

 

If you wish to add your name and address to this petition to the Minister of Immigration, please complete your details below. Only those boxes marked with a red asterisk are required fields. ERC respects your privacy and your details will not be passed onto anyone other than the intended recipient. Please submit one response per individual. We invite responses from all interested persons (over 12 years of age).




* 1(a) Gender
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1(b) Title - i.e. Mr, Ms, Dr, Sr etc.
* 1(c) First name(s) - as per electoral role
* 1(d) Last name(s) - as per electoral role
* 2(a) Address - line 1
2(b) Address - line 2
* 2(c) Suburb - or town
* 2(d) Postcode
* 2(e) State
* 2(f) Country
3(a) Mobile phone number
3(b) Landline phone number - during office hours
3(c) Landline phone number - outside of office hours
4(a) Primary email address
4(b) Other email address
* 4(c) Please subscribe me to Edmund Rice Centre email newsletter ERC InTouch
Yes, at my primary email address
Yes, at my secondary email address
No
4(d) Please indicate below if you wish to receive email newsletters and occasional updates from any of the following Edmund Rice Centre programs
Deported to Danger: ERC's continuing research on Australia's treatment of rejected asylum seekers
Leadership Formation for Young Indigenous Australians
Reconciliation Programs: including Let's Talk Rural immersion programs
Lilla International Womens Network: a new and growing initiative at ERC
EcoJustice: ERC's program to promote the Earth Charter
Pacific Calling Partnership: working to educate and respond to the effects of climate change on people in low-lying Pacific island communities and highlight our ecological debt to these people
The Brooklyn Project: Young Australians and the Next 100 Years - Initiated by Pat Dodson the project brings together young people to revisit the formation of Australia's Constitution
Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative: promoting a conversation between business and the community on the subject of values and ethics in the workplace.
International Internships and Immersions: transformative education for justice - focussing on human rights, international development , indigenous right and post-conflict reconciliation.
ERC Fair Trade: Promotion of good quality Fair Trade coffees, teas, chocolates, and other products through local schools, workplaces, churches and communities
5(a) Australian federal electorate - (if known)
5(b) Age & school name - if under 18 (for those not yet on the electoral role!)
6(a) Your comments, observations or personal message about this issue - optional
6(b) If you are happy for ERC to publish your comments in 6(a) above, please indicate your consent by listing the way you would you like us to attribute your quote
Examples:
- Mandy Jones, Springfield, SA;
- Christine, Perth, WA
- Colin, 24, Yorta Yorta Nation, VIC
- Name withheld, woman, TAS
- Mary Simpson, 28, Uni Student, QLD
* 7. Do you wish your first name, last name and state to be shown on the ERC website as a supporter of this petition? -  no other identifying information will be shown. 
Yes - please list me.
No - thanks!

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What's up at ERC?

  • ERC & PCP event: Putting a break on climate change
Edmund Rice Centre & Pacific Calling Partnership invite you to join in sharing stories about successful initiatives to raise awareness of what we can do about the effect of climate change on Pacific islands. Saturday 7th August 2010 - 11am - 4.00pm at the Edmund Rice Centre, 15 Henley Rd, Homebush West NSW - just 150 metres from Flemington station.
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  • ERC and Fair Trade: Sydney Archdiocese to go Fair Trade!
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has just announced a commitment to the exclusive use of Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate! To the best of our knowledge this decision makes them the first Catholic diocese in Australia to become a 'Fair Trade Diocese'!

Congratulations to the Archdiocese for this decision, and to the Coordinator of ERC's Fair Trade Program, Danny Long, who worked closely with Republica Coffee's Jacqueline Arias to overcome all challenges in setting up this arrangement with the Archdiocese. It is hoped that this will encourage other dioceses to follow the example set and in turn for individual parishes and other catholic institutions to fully embrace the ethical option offered by the Fair Trade movement.

For further information on Fair Trade contact Danny Long at ERC: (02) 8762 4224 or email: dannyl [at] erc.org.au
  • Asylum Seeker Research: support urgently needed!

ERC's success in mounting a coherent argument for the reopening of the cases of those asylum seekers that Australia has deported to danger, has been based on rigorous research in situ in the countries to which these people were returned.

Such work has high levels of risk for our researchers and for the deportees. We are committed to accompanying these vulnerable people to achieve safety. In many cases their treatment by Australia has placed them at greater risk than when they were first forced to flea their place of origin.

The results of this research conducted by ERC Director Phil Glendenning and colleagues has been published in two reports: Deported to Danger. Information about the research and copies of the reports are available here.

The unique nature of this human rights research work means that it does not qualify for most sources of funding from agencies. The work can therefore only be continued through your support. To donate please go to our donations page.

Donations for this ERC work are tax deductible!

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