"Refugee voices need to be a part of policy discussions"
Phil Glendenning, human rights advocate from the Catholic-run Edmund Rice Centre Source: AAP
A conference of Australian and international refugees, refugee advocates and analysts in the field has heard more refugee voices need to be a part of policy discussions on refugee issues. More than 400 stakeholders have gathered in Melbourne as guests of the Refugee Council of Australia for the two-day (Feb. 13-14) conference. Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Luke Waters and Tara Cosoleto.
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