Walking For Freedom
Freedom for
refugees
Currently there are refugees who have been locked up in Australian detention centres for as long as six years.
Australia has found these people to be refugees fleeing war and persecution. However, ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) have given these people negative clearance assessments- claiming that they may be a security threat to Australia. ASIO do not have to inform the people of why they think they are a threat. The refugees are not given any chance to dispute or explain the claims against them.
As they were granted refugee status, Australia cannot deport them to their home countries and because of their negative assessments from ASIO, they cannot be released into the Australian community.
For some it is now the end of their sixth year in detention. Six years of their lives have being taken from them. No one knows when they will be released.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
- Nelson Mandela
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Jade, one of our organisers, has written this beautiful song about her friends that she visits at MITA detention centre who are in indefinite detention.
Her song is on the album Claim Your Voice which can be bought for $27.50. All proceeds go towards the Ayslum Seeker Resource Centre.
For more songs on this CD or to purchase, please click here.
