NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and eX-detainees is the first Refugee and Asylum seeker organisation in Australia to be run and governed by Refugees, Asylum seekers and eX-detainees. We were founded in 2010 by an eX-detainee who was held hostage in both offshore and onshore detention camps. RISE Board of Directors come from diverse Refugee backgrounds with strong connections to the community.
Our projects, campaigns and services are managed, developed and run by people from eX-detainee, Refugee and Asylum seeker backgrounds who have first-hand experience of settling in and outside Australia.
Join us as we fight for refugees’ rights in Australia and around the world
As eX-detainees, Asylum seekers and Refugees in Australia, we acknowledge that the land we seek protection on is the land of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples whose sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and eX-detainees is the first Refugee and Asylum seeker organisation in Australia to be run and governed by Refugees, Asylum seekers and eX-detainees. We were founded in 2010 by an eX-detainee who was held hostage in both offshore and onshore detention camps. RISE Board of Directors come from diverse Refugee backgrounds with strong connections to the community.
Our projects, campaigns and services are managed, developed and run by people from eX-detainee, Refugee and Asylum seeker backgrounds who have first-hand experience of settling in and outside Australia.
Join us as we fight for refugees’ rights in Australia and around the world
As eX-detainees, Asylum seekers and Refugees in Australia, we acknowledge that the land we seek protection on is the land of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples whose sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
MEMBER SERVICES
RISE projects and services aim to redress social barriers and empower Refugee, eX-detainee and Asylum seeker communities to actively participate in society.
CAMPAIGNS
Our main focus at RISE is to advocate for the abolition of Australia’s cruel Refugee policies including mandatory detention and as well as global policies that adversely impact on our members.
SUPPORT RISE.
RISE is managed, developed and run by people from Refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. RISE is a tax-deductible organisation and your financial support will enable us to assist eX-detainees, Refugees and Asylum seekers in building their new lives in Australia.
OUR VOICES
RISE covers the current local and international climate facing by Refugees. All articles, opinion pieces and statements are entirely written by eX-detainees, Refugees and Asylum seekers.
Media Statement : RISE ASKS YOU TO BOYCOTT REFUGEE WEEK / REFUGEE DAY 2020
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and eX-detainees, the first self-determined, Refugee-led, advocacy and welfare organisation in Australia calls for a boycott of Refugee Week, and ?World Refugee Day? for the eighth year in a row.? These events have been initiated by UNHCR...
RISE Exclusive Media Release : More than 100 Musicians divest from Australia?s Refugee Detention Industry in solidarity with eX-detainees and current detainees facing ongoing torture and abuse , 04/06/2020
RISE eX-detainees wholeheartedly welcome the action taken by over 100 musicians who have divested from Australia?s abusive Refugee detention industry.? RISE eX-detainees have been working with a group of Australian based musicians over the last three years via...
RISE Media Statement 07/04/2020 : As COVID-19 continues to spread, the eX-detainee Community in Australia urges the Australian government to immediately release all onshore and offshore refugee detainees and grant permanent protection for all Refugees
As COVID-19 continues to spread, the eX-detainee Community in Australia urges the Australian government to immediately release all onshore and offshore refugee detainees and grant permanent protection for all Refugees The deadly Coronavirus has been detected in...
Your actions show us Refugee eX-detainee lives are not worthy by greedily stockpiling in the name of COVID-19
Your actions show us Refugee eX-detainee lives are not worthy by greedily stockpiling?in the name of COVID-19? By eX-detainee and RISE founder Ramesh Fernandez At times the eX-detainee community in Australia have been neglected when there is an emergency. The...