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.
RISE EX-DETAINEES CALL FOR REFUGEE DETAINEES AT MANTRA AND KANGAROO POINT TO BE FREED AND GRANTED PERMANENT PROTECTION – GET INVOLVED
#OzHotelPrisons RISE eX-detainees call for the urgent release of refugees being detained by the Australian government in two hotels - Mantra Bell City Hotel, Victoria and Kangaroo Point Central Hotel, Queensland. Every one of them has been evacuated to Australia for...
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees calls on the Victorian Trade Hall Council (VTHC) to condemn the brutal police lockdown of 9 public housing towers in Flemington, and North Melbourne.
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees calls on the Victorian Trade Hall Council (VTHC) to condemn the brutal police lockdown of 9 public housing towers in Flemington, and North Melbourne. While VTHC has launched a fundraiser for those living in lockdown, this...
RISE: Refugee, Survivors and eX-detainees condemn Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s brutal use of 500 police to enforce a “hard lockdown” of nine public housing estates in North Melbourne and Flemington
RISE: Refugee, Survivors and eX-detainees condemns Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s use of 500 police to brutally enforce a 5 day “hard lockdown” on nine public housing estates in North Melbourne and Flemington during this COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to being low...
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 (The...