Befriend a Child in Detention

We are a community organisation advocating for the release of child refugee and asylum seekers on Nauru. We regularly send letters and gifts to the children.

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Children’s rights to survive, speak and be heard can’t be given and can’t be taken away. They are inherent and inalienable - something every girl and boy carries with them from birth.

On #WorldChildrensDay, we’re supporting children to demand what they are owed.

[Behrouz Boochani @BehrouzBoochani]

By this case, which has become national news, we can clearly see that the debate about people seeking asylum cannot be analysed in a purely political perspective. It is sadism and sickness. That's it. Nothing else.

[Carina Ford Immi @CarinaFordImmi]

When you're right ... you're right? And they don't come much more right than Alan! #hometobilo

[SBS News @SBSNews]

A Melbourne judge has granted a last-minute interim injunction to stop a family of four Tamil asylum seekers from being deported to Sri Lanka. https://t.co/MBZTaYkSeP #hometobilo

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

#letthemstay

[Jenny Leong MP 梁珍妮 @jennyleong]

I trust all the men of faith who have been aggressively prosecuting the value of life and preciousness of children for the past weeks while we debated reproductive healthcare reform in #NSWpol will be speaking out today to bring Priya, Nades and their girls #hometobilo

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

@taylor_jessie Hopefully this link will continue to provide live updates: https://t.co/RsN9edkwEX

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

Swift action from @CarinaFordImmi will hopefully result in Flight SND2 landing in Darwin. Waiting for updates as they come. #HomeToBilo

[Carina Ford Immi @CarinaFordImmi]

We have managed to obtain an injunction this evening to prevent the deportation of the Sri Lankan Biloela family. More news to come. #hometobilo

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

Norman Mackay is the CEO of Sky Trader, who has a $63 billion contract with the Australian government.

[ASRC @ASRC1]

The PM @ScottMorrisonMP must obey the injunction granted by an Australian court preventing the deportation of the #HomeToBilo family. The family is still in Australian airspace so the court order is binding and actionable and plane must land in Darwin or be in contempt of court.

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

The judge intervened over the phone

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

BREAKING: I have just been have told that an injunction has been granted and the plane is due to touch down in Darwin. Hopefully this will be enough to stop them.

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

Tensions are very high - more police have been called and there are vehicles moving around the tarmac.

I feel like sobbing. This poor family. Those poor traumatised babies. #hometobilo

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

A van has just pulled up on the tarmac, we believe Priya is in that van #hometobilo

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

We are holding cockatoos, which is Priya and Nades’ nicknames for their two little daughters. There are about 70 of us now and people arriving every few minutes. #hometobilo #letthemstay

[ASRC @ASRC1]

#BREAKING get down to Melbourne airport to stop Minister Dutton deporting Priya, Nades and girls. They are sitting in seperate vans near a plane. Time for boots on the ground. More details at @HometoBilo #HomeToBilo @sallymcmanus @Craig_Foster please RT

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

FREE AT LAST?

On February 27, 2019, the last four children imprisoned by the Australian government on Nauru left with their parents for the USA. All the imprisoned children should finally be free to... https://t.co/zMl1Oe3PoK

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

Brilliant news via The Refugee Roundtable today!

Be sure to follow them for the verified news about refugee and asylum seekers and to read first person accounts from the ground.

https://t.co/nWz8L5Znvq https://t.co/p8STM8gfkr

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

A huge congratulations to one of the most dedicated, intelligent and talented refugee rights campaigners Nikala Sim on the launch of The Refugee Roundtable.

Refugee stories and breaking news, verified and... https://t.co/mBbBoqsNTJ

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

A message from Dr June Factor, founder and convenor of Befriend a Child in Detention.

To all the wonderful Befrienders:

Since the refugee and asylum seeker children and their parents were marooned on... https://t.co/qTwNVVpXyA

[Befriend a Child in Detention @befriendachild_]

Nadine Chemali's beautifully written article in The Guardian describes the ongoing tragedy of child detention.

https://t.co/zYoiYRmHC1 https://t.co/zYoiYRmHC1