Refugee advocates call for an end to mandatory detention

Refugee advocate Craig Foster with former immigration detainee Farhad Bandesh.

Refugee advocate Craig Foster with former immigration detainee Farhad Bandesh. Source: Supplied

Refugee activists have rallied in Sydney and Melbourne, calling for people in refugee detention to be permanently resettled in Australia and for the abolition of mandatory detention.



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