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2012-13 Submission on the Refugee and Humanitarian Program

RCOA's annual submission on Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program is now available for download here.

2012-14 Refugee Week theme: 'Restoring Hope'

RCOA has chosen 'Restoring Hope' as the Refugee Week theme for 2012 to 2014. For further details, visit the Refugee Week website.

Plight of refugees with adverse ASIO findings raised with Canberra

RCOA has written to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon on the predicament of recognised refugees who remain in immigration detention because of adverse ASIO findings. Read the letter here.

Nauru is not an option

RCOA acted strongly to reject any return to offshore processing in Nauru following revelations the Federal Government was willing to negotiate with the Opposition on asylum seeker policy. Read our media release.

Refugee and asylum seeker policy on a positive pathway

RCOA has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government that it had begun to wind back its policy of indefinite mandatory detention for asylum seekers who enter Australia by boat. Read our media release.

 

'We forget that a lot of refugees have had a hard time.'

Journalist Michael Gawenda was born in a displaced persons camp in Austria, after his parents fled persecution in Poland.

 

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Organisational members of RCOA

RCOA has more than 150 organisational members. For more information about becoming a member of RCOA, click here.

4walls Ltd (Qld)
ACCES Services Inc (Qld)
ActionAid Australia
Act for Peace (National Council of Churches in Australia)
Afghan Australian Development Organisation (Vic)
Aftercare (NSW)
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Australia Inc (NSW)
AMES (Adult Multicultural Education Services (Vic)
Amnesty International Australia
Anglican Diocese of Adelaide (SA)
Anglicare North Coast (NSW)
Anglicare NT Refugee and Migrant Settlement Services
Anglicare Sydney (NSW)
Anglicare WA
Arcadia University (Qld)
Armidale Sanctuary Humanitarian Settlement (NSW)
Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS) (WA)
Asylum Seekers Centre (NSW)
Asylum Seekers Christmas Island
Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (Vic)
Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre (Vic)
Auburn Diversity Services (NSW)
Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office
Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) - International Section
Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
Australian Karen Foundation (Vic)
Australian Karen Organisation (NSW)
Australian Lutheran World Service
Australian National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW)
Australian Red Cross
Australian Refugee Association (SA)
Balmain for Refugees (NSW)
Benarrawa Community Development Association (Qld)
Bhutanese Community in Australia (Vic)
B'nai B'rith Australia/New Zealand
Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia (NSW)
Canberra Refugee Support Inc (ACT)
Caritas Australia
CASE for Refugees (WA)
CatholicCare Sydney (NSW)
Catholic Immigration Office, Sydney (NSW)
Catholic Religious Australia
Centacare Tasmania
Centre for Multicultural Pastoral Care (Qld)
Centre for Multicultural Youth (Vic)
Centre for Refugee Research, University of NSW
Centrecare Inc (WA)
Coalition for Asylum Seekers Refugees and Detainees (CARAD) (WA)
Communify Queensland Ltd
Companion House (ACT)
Diversitat (Vic)
Ecumenical Migration Centre (Brotherhood of St Laurence) (Vic)
Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education (NSW)
Edmund Rice Centre, Mirrabooka (WA)
Educational Advice for Eritrean Community in Australia (EAECA) (Vic)
Executive Council of Australian Jewry
Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre (NSW)
Foundation House (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture)
Fremantle Multicultural Centre (WA)
Friends of the Earth Australia
God's Dwelling Place Bethany City Church Inc (NSW)
Good Shepherd Mission and Justice (Vic)
Gowrie Community Services (WA)
The Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre (NSW)
Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency (NSW)
Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project (Vic)
House of Welcome (NSW)
Illawarra Multicultural Services (NSW)
Immigrant Women's Speakout (NSW)
Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (NSW)
International Commission of Jurists, Australian Section
International Society for Humans Rights Australia Inc (Vic)
Jesuit Refugee Services Australia (NSW)
Jewish Aid Australia (Vic)
Josephite Community Aid (NSW)
Justice and Freedom for Ceylon Tamils (Vic)
Lao Community Advancement Cooperative (NSW)
Life Without Barriers
Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre (NSW)
Liverpool Women's Health Centre (NSW)
Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services (Vic)
Lutheran Community Care (SA)
Macarthur Diversity Services (NSW)
Melaleuca Refugee Centre (NT)
Melbourne Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (Vic)
Mercy Family Services (Qld)
Mercy Works Inc
Metro Migrant Resource Centre (NSW)
Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre (WA)
Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS) (ACT)
Migrant Resource Centre (Northern Tasmania)
Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia
Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tasmania)
Milpera State High School (Qld)
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Justice and Peace Centre
Multicultural Development Association (Qld)
Multicultural Services Centre of WA
Multilink Community Services Inc (Qld)
Nepean Migrant Access (NSW)
New Hope Foundation (Vic)
New Life Christian Fellowship Narrabri (NSW)
North Yarra Community Health (Vic)
Northern Settlement Services (NSW)
NSW Community Relations Commission
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
NSW Refugee Health Service
NSW Teachers Federation
Oromia Support Group in Australia (Vic)
Oromo Relief Association Australia (Vic)
Oxfam Australia
Pax Christi Australia (NSW) Inc
Pratt Family Foundation (Vic)
ProEmpowerment International
Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre (NSW)
Queensland African Communities Council (QACC)
Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)
Red Cross Australia
Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) (NSW)
Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre (RILC) (Vic)
Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS) (Qld)
Refugee Claimants Support Service (Qld)
Refugee Health Queensland
Romero Centre (Qld)
Salvation Army

Sanctuary Australia Foundation
Save the Children Australia
SCALES Community Legal Centre (WA)
Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) (NSW)
Settlement Services International (NSW)
Sisters of Charity
The Smith Family Community Settlement Service (NSW)
Social Justice Commission, Diocese of Toowoomba (Qld)
Somali Australian Development Organisation (Qld)
South Australian Refugee Health Network
South East Region Migrant Resource Centre (Vic)
Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (Vic)
Springvale Community Aid and Advice Bureau (SCAAB) (Vic)
St Bede's Social Justice Group (NSW)
St George Migrant Resource Centre (NSW)
St George Youth Services (NSW)
St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW)
St Vincent de Paul Society (QLD)
St Vincent de Paul Society (WA)
Strategic Community Assistance to Refugee Families (SCARF) (NSW)
Sudanese Online Research Association (SORA) & Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning Program (SAIL) (Vic)
Survivors of Torture and Trauma Rehabilitation Service (STTARS) (SA)
Sydney Multicultural Community Services (NSW)
SydWest Multicultural Services (NSW)
Toowoomba Refugee and Migrant Support Service (TRAMS) (Qld)
Townsville Multicultural Support Group (Qld)
Uniting Care Cutting Edge (Vic)
Uniting Church in Australia - Queensland Synod
Uniting Church National Assembly
Uniting Justice Australia
Victorian Arabic Social Services
Victorian Multicultural Commission
Werribee Community and Education Centre (WCEC) (Vic)
Western Sydney Community Forum (NSW)
Whittlesea Community Connections (Vic)
World Vision Australia

Other Australian refugee related organisations

Australia for UNHCR
Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation (NSW)
Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration (Qld)
Children Out of Detention (ChilOut)
Project SafeCom (WA)
Refugee Action Coalition, Sydney (NSW)
Refugee Action Collective, Victoria
Refugee Action Collective, Queensland
Rural Australians for Refugees
Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA)
Sudanese Lost Boys Association of Australia (Vic)

Government and intergovernmental bodies in Australia

Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Canberra
Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Canberra  

International refugee and immigration

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APPRN)
Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University - Canada
Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma and Peace - Croatia
Danish Refugee Council
European Consultation on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Exile Images
Forced Migration Online
Forced Migration Review
Greek Council for Refugees
Integration-Net - Canada
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
International Committee of Red Cross
International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
International Organization of Migration (IOM)
Jesuit Refugee Service International
Michigan-Melbourne Refugee Caselaw Site - USA
New Zealand Database of Refugee Law - NZ
Norwegian Refugee Council
Refugee Council UK
Refugee Council USA
Refugees International
Refugees Studies Centre (Oxford University) - UK
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
US Committee for Refugees
Women's League of Burma
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers

Human rights - Australia

Amnesty International Australia
Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
Australian Human Rights Information Centre (AHRIC)
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Commission for Children and Young People (NSW)
National Welfare Rights Network

Human rights - international

Amnesty International
Electronic Immigration Network for UK (EIN)
European Court of Human Rights
European Union
Human Rights Education Association Inc
Human Rights Information and Documentation System - HURIDOCS
Human Rights Internet
Human Rights Watch
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
US State Department's Human Rights Reports

Multicultural and racism

Australian Community Action Kit on Racism
Diverse Australia Program
Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia
Racism. No Way
World Conference on Racism