Let Them Stay! Offshore Detention is Legal but Not Right by Progressive Podcast Aus

This is some of the speeches outside the Department of Immigration at the Melbourne ‪#‎LetThemStay‬ rally for refugees. This rally was called after the High Court ruled that the offshore detention of asylum seekers is legal. This decision clears the way for the government to return about 250 asylum seekers in Australia, including 37 babies, to Nauru:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/high-court-finds-offshore-detention-lawful-20160202-gmk5q6.html

http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2016/hca-1-2016-02-03.pdf

The 1st speaker is from the Refugee Action Collective: http://rac-vic.org/
The 2nd speaker came to Australia by boat as a refugee and is the Head of the Victorian Afghan Association *content warning for this speech: discussion of suicide*
The 3rd speaker is performer and activist Ezekiel Ox: https://ezekielox.bandcamp.com/
The final speaker is Christalo, who visits detention centres. She encourages people to add their mobile number to the Refugee Action Coalition snap action protest phone tree, which you can do here: http://rac-vic.org/subscribe/

These speeches were featured on episode 125 of Progressive Podcast Australia: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2016/02/08/125/