Ethinic Communities Council Meeting on asylum seekers - 6pm, Thurs 25/7 - Greek Orthodox Community Centre, 3rd Floor, Corner of Russell and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
The Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria is holding a Council Meeting to discuss alternatives to the current government policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. By exploring current practices by the two European countries facing the largest influx of asylum seekers - United Kingdom and Germany - as well as community based program proposals developed for the situation in Australia we hope to broaden the debate. Speakers include: DR. KERSTIN WUSTNER UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AUGSBURG, GERMANY Dr. Wustner will begin by presenting some figures and data detailing the situation of immigrants and asylum seekers in Germany including, how many there are and where they come from. After that, Dr. Wustner will explore some issues of policies and practices, and finally, some empirical results about attitudes of people. CALLUM INGRAM FORMER POLICY ADVISOR - HOME AFFAIRS HOME & SOCIAL DIVISION SCOTLAND OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERVICE Callum Ingram will speak on the existing United Kingdom approach to Asylum Seeker and refugee processing issues. He will address the differences between current practices and the recently announced policy developments. SARINA GRECO ECUMENICAL MIGRATION CENTRE, BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE & CO-CONVENOR, JUSTICE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS COALITION IN VICTORIA Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) alliance is a statewide advocacy coalition comprising community, faith, human rights, welfare and ethnic community groups and individuals. This alliance has developed the "Reception and Transitional Processing System", a detailed alternative to mandatory detention of asylum seekers, that includes placing asylum seekers in community settings. Sarina Greco will provide a background to the systemic problems in the current system, an overview of JAS's alternative and examples of the proposed system at work. 6:00pm, Thursday 25th July, 2002 Greek Orthodox Community Centre 3rd Floor Corner of Russell and Lonsdale Street Melbourne to RSVP and for further information please contact Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria 9349 4122 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink