12 Years Too Long – the Uncertainty and Trauma MUST END

 19 July 2025 –  marking 12 Years of Trauma – 12 Years Too Long      

Demands – 12 Years Too Long      Take Action     Resources for 12 Years Too Long actions      

 

On Saturday 19th July 2025, it will be 12 long years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that those seeking asylum who arrive by boat would be ‘never allowed to settle in Australia’ and would be subject to offshore detention.  This has resulted in the regime of cruelty under which thousands of men, women and children suffered years in appalling conditions in detention on Nauru and Manus Island.

Sadly, there are still people 37 men, some now with families, trapped in PNG, waiting for a pathway to safety and secure future.  There are more than 100 people now on Nauru, some in detention – they arrived by boat since late 2023.  Around 1,000 people are livign and working here in Australia, brought from PNG and Nauru for medical treatment years ago, who still have no pathway to a permanent visa, even though most are recognised as refugees.

 

To find out more about the current situation you can contact the Refugees Off PNG and Nauru Campaing – Email Kevin Sweeney 

 

Demands: 12 Years of Trauma – 12 Years Too Long      

  • Australia must immediately medevac those who are critically ill on PNG
  • Australia must provide safe resettlement to all those who are currently or have been held offshore.
  • Australia must abandon the policy of offshore processing.

 

Take Action: 

  • Organise an action- create a placard display or other action at the office of your local MP or Senator – deliver postcards and letters to their office
  • See sample posters or placards below
  • See letter kit below and tips for writing to polticians

 

Resources to support your local 12 Years Too Long action

  • Posters or placards  

 

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