May 8, 2005 -
The wrongful deportation of Filipino-Australian woman Vivian Alvarez
has angered the Filipino community in Australia which has already grown
to more than a hundred thousand. The community now questions not only
the detention and deportation processes of the Immigration Department,
but also how citizenship is valued in this country.
Media Release 30 May 2005 - The Ethnic
Communities’ Council of Victoria
(ECCV) has today called for a foolproof, transparent accountability
process of inquiry to be set up for the wrongful deportation of
Vivienne Alvarez Solon Young.
Amanda Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration, is
suggesting that it is Vivian who is responsible for delaying her return
to Australia. Talk about blaming the victim!
SATURDAY, 11 JUNE 2005: The
Victorian public gathered at the Trades Hall in Melbourne to call on
Prime Minister John Howard and Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone to
bring home Vivian Solon immediately and to commit to the rehabilitation
package proposed by her lawyers.
MARCUS EINFELD QC is a former Federal and Supreme Court
judge, the foundation president of the Human Rights and Equal
Opportunities Commission and, with George Newhouse and Harry Freedman,
he is the third member of Vivian Alvarez Solon’s team of
legal advisers. On June 27, he appeared on the ABC TV current affairs
program LATELINE. TONY JONES began by asking: “WHY IS VIVIAN
STILL IN MANILA TODAY?”
When I arrived at the large blue gate of the compound of
the missionaries of charity last Thursday, I found the media camped
outside waiting to have an interview with Vivian.
WE HOPED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE NEWS THIS
MONTH THAT VIVIAN ALVAREZ–SOLON HAD AT LAST BEEN REUNITED
WITH HER CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIA. BUT, SADLY SHE IS STILL IN MANILA
AWAITING AN ACCEPTABLE RESETTLEMENT OFFER FROM THE AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT SOLICITORS.
THE REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE AND
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JOINED FORCES WITH OTHER ASYLUM SEEKER AND
REFUGEE ADVOCATES TO BRING THEIR ISSUES OF CONCERN TO PUBLIC ATTENTION
WITH TWO MAJOR ACTIVITIES: THE TAMPA DAY COMMEMORATION AND A NATIONAL
DAY OF ACTION FOR VIVIAN SOLON (SEE ARTICLE: SEPTEMBER 7,
2005: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR VIVIAN SOLON).
August 2005, University of Technology, Sydney. Report
funded by The Pamela Denoon Trust, for the Women’s Electoral
Lobby, Australia. (For a full copy email Eva Cox eva.cox@uts.edu.au or
SPAN)
VIVIAN ALVAREZ SOLON ARRIVED IN SYDNEY FROM MANILA ON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 ACCOMPANIED BY HER SISTER AND AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. IN THE AFTERNOON VIVIAN AND HER LEGAL TEAM SPOKE WITH THE
MEDIA.
Last Christmas Vivian Alvarez Solon was enjoying the
charity of Mother Theresa’s nuns in the Philippines but in
Australia her family wondered whether she was dead or alive. And
Cornelia Rau was probably celebrating her Christmas in “Red
One”, the solitary confinement wing of Baxter detention
centre.
Unable to come to terms, Vivian Alvarez Solon’s
legal team and the Australian Government Solicitors have submitted to
arbitration Vivian’s claim of compensation for her wrongful
detention and deportation.
March 5, 2006 —Brisbane— The Qld.
Refugee Action Committee held a one-day conference asking
“Unfinished Business: Where To Now For The Refugee
Policy?” George Newhouse, was the keynote speaker.
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