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Tampa anniversary remembered
by Takver
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 01:24 PM
The 4th anniversary of the Tampa crisis was remembered in protests in Sydney and Melbourne.
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The fourth anniversary of the Tampa crisis was remembered on Friday by protests in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2001 in the lead up to an election the Australian Government used SAS troops to board the Norwegian Container vessel, Tampa, to prevent 438 asylum seekers from landing in Australia and seeking refugee status. Many of the people became occupants of the Government's "Pacific Solution" on Manus Island and Nauru, before finally having their refugee claims assessed.
About 500 people attended the rally in Melbourne, which also formed the starting point for the monthly Critical Mass bike ride. Lauren Ireland from the Refugee Action Collective in Melbourne, told the rally "With people still in detention, many refugees living in limbo on temporary visas, and new detention centres being built, the fight to end the Tampa era remains as urgent as ever,"
The rally marched down to Federation Square stopping traffic outside Flinders Street Station for a few minutes.
Tampa Crisis remembered
by Takver
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 01:24 PM
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Tampa Crisis remembered
by Takver
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 01:24 PM
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Tampa Crisis remembered
by Takver
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 01:24 PM
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