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This petition is primarily for academics to sign, but there's a separate link for anyone else who would like to add their voice. It's a google doc so rather clunky and you have to scroll right down to add your name - I'm no 544 I think - or maybe 455? But well
worth the effort right now as pressure is ramping up on this urgent humanitarian and public health issue (which of course applies also to people detained in the criminal justice system and elsewhere, where advocacy is also happening here and around the world).</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="Verdana"><strong>Heather Gridley OAM FAPS</strong></font></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Academics for Refugees <academics4refugees@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 2 April 2020 9:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Heather Gridley <Heather.Gridley@vu.edu.au><br>
<b>Subject:</b> IMPORTANT: Sign Urgent Open Letter about COVID-19 and Immigration Detention</font>
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<div><span class="mcnPreviewText" style="display: none !important;display:none; font-size:0px; line-height:0px; max-height:0px; max-width:0px; opacity:0; overflow:hidden; visibility:hidden">The Australian govt must immediately act to stop the spread of COVID-19
amongst refugees, asylum seekers and other people in immigration detention</span>
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<strong id="docs-internal-guid-e0a0a3e9-7fff-8631-a721-615126502463">Controlling COVID-19 in Immigration Detention and the Community </strong></p>
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<span style="color:#0000FF">#NoMoreHarm</span><br>
#COVID19au<br>
#AcademicsForRefugees</h1>
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<span style="font-size:16px">Join us to call on the Australian government, </span>
<u style="font-size:16px; font-weight:bold">as a matter of urgency</u><strong style="font-size:16px">, to take immediate measures to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 amongst vulnerable refugees, asylum seekers and other people in immigration detention.</strong><br>
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<strong style="color:#0000FF; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold">Please sign this </strong>
<a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=94b7a1e248&e=140dfc8483" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; color:#007C89; text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#0000FF">Open
Letter</span></a><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:16px"><strong> urging the Australian Government to
<u>move people urgently out of closed </u></strong></font><u><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>immigration</strong></span></font></u><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:16px"><strong><u> detention</u>, and ensure the health and safety
of all people currently held in such facilities, including in ‘alternative places of detention’. </strong></font><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px">COVID-19 creates complex challenges for people in immigration detention and for people seeking asylum living in the community on bridging visas with limited access to adequate medical support.
<strong>In the last week, refugees in Australian immigration detention have powerfully highlighted the unsafe conditions that they are being forced to live in with inadequate hygiene measures and where social distancing is impossible (see
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here</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=662cceca6c&e=140dfc8483" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">here</a>,
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here</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=e497d9bdcb&e=140dfc8483" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">
here</a>).</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">As most of these individuals have varying contact with people outside of immigration detention,
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e459e6ee-7fff-7427-84eb-47760258f76d">the risk for those in detention extends to the broader community</span>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><strong>COVID-19 does not discriminate, nor should our response to it.</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Failure to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 among people detained in immigration detention facilities will not only expose these groups to unacceptable risk, it will inevitably have a detrimental impact on the Australian
community at large.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">We are keenly aware of the deep distress of people held in immigration detention, where the situation of risk is increasing daily. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government has
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released some refugees from detention</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">Sign our Open Letter to the Australian Government</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:14px">Anyone working in a University or as an independent academic researcher, and anyone working as a health professional, and as a librarian, is invited to sign and circulate this letter.
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<li style=""><span style="font-size:14px"><u><strong>You can access the Open Letter to add you name
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here</a></strong></u><strong>. </strong></span></li><li style=""><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Please provide your name and affiliation (e.g. University or Place of Work) under the Signatories section of the Open Letter document.
</strong>Please be patient if other people are also editing the document at the same time as you.</span></li><li style=""><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>You are invited to circulate this email widely to colleagues and through social media.</strong></span></li><li style=""><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>You are strongly encouraged to also contact your local State and Federal MP and Senator by phone/mail/email
</strong>(see here for <a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=4127263743&e=140dfc8483" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">
contact details of Federal Parliamentarians</a>)<strong>.</strong> Feel free to send them a copy of the Open Letter noting that you have signed it. It will be publicly released shortly once we reach a significant number of signatures.</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14px">Please use the hashtags #NoMoreHarm, #AcademicsforRefugees and #COVID19au. Our Twitter account is @unis4refugees.</span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">In solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Academics for Refugees</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px"><strong>@unis4Refugees, </strong><a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=270fe612f6&e=140dfc8483" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">https://twitter.com/unis4refugees</a><br>
Prof Linda Briskman, Western Sydney University<br>
Dr Sara Dehm, University of Technology Sydney<br>
Assoc Prof Caroline Fleay, Curtin University<br>
Prof Philomena Murray, The University of Melbourne<br>
Dr Anthea Vogl, University of Technology Sydney</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Doctors for Refugees</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px">@Drs4Refugees, <a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=43b2aa3ed8&e=140dfc8483" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">https://twitter.com/Drs4Refugees</a><br>
Dr Barri Phatarfod</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Librarians for Refugees</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px">@023forrefugees, <a href="https://wordpress.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=61c12fbb4a1d6507d0073aa73&id=659461c1d6&e=140dfc8483" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">https://twitter.com/023forrefugees</a><br>
Caroline Beatty</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:24px">National Day of Action: #StudentsLikeUs</span></h2>
Due to the evolving chaos of C19, we have taken the hard decision to cancel the NDA for #StudentsLikeUs. We will aim for a soft launch in the meantime, and will be in touch when we have updated resources to share. We will resume our campaign once the new normal
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In solidarity, Academics for Refugees and the Refugee Education Special Interest Group
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:13px">Academics for Refugees are seeking volunteers to assist with the following activities:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align:left"><strong><span style="font-size:13px">Regular A4R Newsletter Distribution</span></strong></li><li style="text-align:left"><strong><span style="font-size:13px">Website Maintenance</span></strong></li><li style="text-align:left"><strong><span style="font-size:13px">Other Campaign Work (including around ethical universities, and refugee access to higher education)</span></strong></li></ul>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:13px">We anticipate a time commitment of approx. 10 hours per month, with all work done remotely (although happy to discuss alternative arrangements). However if you are able to only work on one of these,
for example for 5 hours a week, please let us know. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Sara Dehm directly at
<a href="mailto:sara.dehm@uts.edu.au" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;color:#007C89; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">
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