Northsiders with Refugees

Community group in Melbourne's northern suburbs, advocacy and support of people in our community seeking asylum, working for fair and just refugee policy.

[Peter Barnes, gone 2 @infinite8horizon.bsky.social @infinite8horizo]

I have to find out what’s happening to our Pacific neighbours from the New Zealand PM, who actually cares.

We’ve said we’d respond if they asked. NZ just offered. That says it all.

Of course we knew what the big swinging dicks in the LNP think about our Pacific neighbours.👇

[Alex Bhathal @alexbhathal]

When my life fell apart four years ago, I turned to bell hooks. The legacy of understanding, that can lead to justice.

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

If reports are true that 13 out of 22 cabinet ministers are Pentecostal and in some way aligned to Hillsong, including the PM, then perhaps we need a Royal Commission into Hillsong as well as the Murdoch Royal Commission. @ScottMorrisonMP #auspol

[gmothers_adrc @gmothers_adrc]

Goldstein Grandmothers were outside the office of @TimWilsonMP today. What a disgrace that we lock up people who sought our protection for years and years. We are so ashamed! #freetherefugees #humanrights #ThePark #Nauru #PNG

[Dani Valent @danivalent]

An *actual* violation of human rights is happening in Carlton at the Park Hotel. Free them now @karenandrewsmp
@ScottMorrisonMP #gameover #freerefugees

[Northsiders with Refugees @fairforrefugees]

@alexbhathal 🤮Wrong!

[Northsiders with Refugees @fairforrefugees]

@attributionbias @alexbhathal why do you think that?

[Alex Bhathal @alexbhathal]

There are concerns that the care for the sick men there is close to non-existent. The govt has failed to answer questions about whether nursing staff are treating both infected and non-infected people.

[Alex Bhathal @alexbhathal]

BREAKING: women from Broadmeadows Immigration Detention centre have just been transported to the Park Hotel. Lots of police. Why is the govt transporting people who may or not not have COVID into a facility with infected people?

[Refugee Voices @refugeevoicesau]

While Victoria and other states of nation celebrate the end of lockdown, a number of refugees remain in solitary confinement style lockdown in the Park Hotel prison.

We will not be free until our friends are free!
#OneOutAllOut #FreeTheRefugees

[Farhad Bandesh @FarhadBandesh]

15 innocent refugees tested positive to COVID 19 in the Park Prsion hotel, 3 waiting for the result.
#GameOver

[Matt Thurbon @MattThurbon]

🌼@ScottMorrisonMP @AlboMP PNG needs our urgent help. With less than 3% vaccinated, our nearest neighbour are in a dire position. Stop playing politics, up-playing our freedom for haircuts and bbqs and provide immediate support. Please help.

[Northsiders with Refugees @fairforrefugees]

unacceptable - devastating

[Alex Bhathal @alexbhathal]

BREAKING: 50 men held at the Park Hotel are at risk of COVID or already have it. Some are struggling to breathe. They called an ambulance, and @SercoGroup employees reportedly tried to stop it, but it had arrived.

[Alex Bhathal @alexbhathal]

@NearlyTheNews @slackbastard @SercoGroup It’s low because they were reportedly told that they’d be deported to PNG if they were vaccinated