Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Stories for World Refugee Day

Dave Waugh

Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:23:27 +1200

I'm glad you've got Peoples on board.... Love those guys!
Best coffee in Wellington, and the most ethically awesome bunch I've ever met.

Chris Waugh

Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:36:02 +1200

Australian numbers that probably hide a lot of stories:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told an audience at the UNHCR-NGO consultations in Geneva this week that he was ''very concerned'' about Australia's offshore processing centres for asylum seekers and Australia should take the ultimate responsibility for people who…

Tracey Barnett

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:42:55 +1200

For those interested in asylum and refugee issues here in Godzone, may I do a quick request? Kindly 'like' the Facebook page, "We Are Better Than That". I post news and updates on issues that directly affect New Zealand and the region. I am hoping to spread the word and…

Moz

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:24:02 +1200

Also, from Shahzad Ghahreman: I think we should fight hard to keep our cultural values in New Zealand. Just because Australia does certain things, or Europe, or the United States – perhaps bending the rules on human rights a little – it doesn't mean that we should blindly follow. They…

Moz

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:38:59 +1200

Even the "detention centres" in cities are quite nasty. I'm told they're not as bad as prison, but having visited one once, I can't bring myself to go back. The combination of it being a lot like prison and the dreadfully unhappy people inside was more than I can bear.…

David Haywood

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:58:09 +1200

Thanks so much for re-releasing those pieces, Russell.

At one stage, I had a bunch of former refugees lined up to do an entire book of these stories — but it turns out that publishers (even academic publishers) are surprisingly uninterested in this as a subject.

This was before Public…

Public Address

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:58:09 +1200

Discussion from blog post.