Sunday, November 30, 2014

Heavily Pregnant Refugees Are Refusing To Get Off A Hot Darwin Bus

A dramatic stand-off with women demanding to be allowed to live in the community while they are able to deliver their babies.


Two heavily pregnant Iranian refugees are staging a defiant protest by refusing to get off a bus outside the Wickham Point detention centre in the Northern Territory.


Two heavily pregnant Iranian refugees are staging a defiant protest by refusing to get off a bus outside the Wickham Point detention centre in the Northern Territory.


Refugee Action Coalition


Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition said they refused to get off the bus on Sunday when they were instead taken to the Wickham Point detention centre and told they would be put into detention.


"It will only be resolved when the Immigration Department comes to its senses. 40 hours is way too long anyway. They offered to pay their own money to stay in a motel," said Mr Rintoul.


He said the women are more than eight months pregnant and are both accompanied by their husbands and a 10-year-old boy.


He said the women are more than eight months pregnant and are both accompanied by their husbands and a 10-year-old boy.


Refugee Action Coalition




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