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16/08/2021

The Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
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16/08/2021

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk has announced today that a 1000-bed commonwealth quarantine facility will be built at Pinkenba near Brisbane Airport.

The image used by Premier Palaszcuk in her announcement appears to indicate that the quarantine facility will be built on the current site of Brisbane Immigration Transit Accomodation (BITA), where the federal government currently detains refugees.

Does this development signal the end of BITA?

“The proposed facility would be constructed by mid-2022,” the Premier said.

The proposal is yet to be approved or funded by the commonwealth.

19/07/2021

Yesterday afternoon activists from Refugee Solidarity Meanjin and Refugee Action Collective Queensland RAC rallied outside Brisbane Immigration Transit Accomodation (BITA) at Pinkenba to protest against the indefinite detention on refugees in Australia and at offshore detention centres.

Around 200 protesters were in attendance with around 20 police and security guards watching on. The protests were peaceful, with only a handful of parking infringements issued by Queensland Police.

A brief video from the march can be viewed here https://fb.watch/v/3m6MwcAhY/

18/07/2021

Live from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accomodation (BITA) refugee rights protest in Pinkenba

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