Eleven years ago, the Labor Rudd Government condemned people seeking safety to a life of danger and uncertainty in Papua New Guinea. From the thousands who were stranded there, 48 people still remain.

Alarmingly, the once empty Nauru detention centre is also starting to fill up again, with roughly 100 people transferred there in recent months.

The refugee sector has been speaking out about this situation for a long time.

This is the subject of the ARAN letter-writing campaign https://ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au/write-a-letter

Once again we ask our members and supporters to keep those letters going! It may seems these efforts are fruitless but taking action, however small, is our way of speaking up for those who cannot.

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