Refugee Action Collective (Victoria)

Balloons at a vigil organised by RAC in solidarity with refugees on hunger strike at the Broadmeadows immigration detention centre in Melbourne, 2012

Refugee Action Collective (Victoria), or RAC, are a grassroots group of activists concerned with refugee rights operating in Melbourne, Australia. RAC has organised around issues they deem inhumane by the Australian Government in relation to asylum seekers, such as organising protests and vigils[1][2][3] as well as being involved in more militant action such as breaking out and hiding detainees.[4]

  1. ^ "Refugee activists converge on Baxter" ABC News, 25 March 2005. Accessed: 17 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Iranian Christian fears imminent deportation" The Age, 11 January 2005. Accessed: 17 November 2009.
  3. ^ "John Howard digs in over African refugees" Herald Sun, 4 October 2007. Accessed: 17 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Woomera escapees force split among activists" ABC, 28 June 2002. Accessed: 8 May 2010.