BASP - Join the Palm Sunday Gathering
Palm Sunday 2025 – 13 April – 1pm - 3.45pm
Join the Palm Sunday Gathering – Stand up for Justice and Kindness, and a Fair Go for Refugees and People seeking asylum
1pm Gather on Princes Bridge (near Concert Hall)
1.45pm Arrive at Tom’s Block, St Kilda Road, opposite the Victorian College of the Arts. BYO picnic rug or chair ! Good public transport access on St Kilda Road - and drop off point on Birdwood Ave.
If your group would like to participate in a procession around Southbank from Princes Bridge (from 1pm), email info@refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au, pls use subject line Banner display Palm Sunday.
Be part of the 2025 Palm Sunday action for Kindness and Justice. There will be a rich program of music, speakers from refugee and faith communities, and a range of information stalls. The well-known comedian and human rights supporter Tom Ballard will be our MC, and Gillian Triggs AC, formerly Australian Human Rights Commissioner, will be amongst the guest speakers.
Australia's commitment to ‘a Fair Go’ is being betrayed by the cruel and inhumane refugee policies of both major political parties. At the same time, a volatile geopolitical climate and the cost-of-living crisis are straining Australia’s social fabric. We must resist divisive narratives that dehumanise or scapegoat refugees, migrants, and others. We need to stand up for Justice and Kindness.
Thousands of people seeking refugee protection in Australia who are still in limbo – still needing certainty about their future.
- After 11 long years, more than 8,000 people are still waiting for permanent visas after 11 years in the Australian community.
- People on bridging visas have no income safety net, and some people have no workrights, and no access to Medicare.
- Many young people who qualify for university are unable to study, even though they have done all of their secondary schooling here in Australia.
- Around 1000 people who were held in detention for years in shocking conditions on Nauru and in PNG still have no pathway to safe resettlement
- Over 40 refugees and people seeking asylum are still trapped in PNG – many of them in very poor health and with no pathway to safe resettlement.
- Around 14,0000 refugees are stranded in Indonesia because they have been blocked from resettlement in Australia since 2014.
Scan the QR code to find and follow the FB page to see more as the program details are confirmed – or go to the link Palm Sunday Gathering for Justice 13 April 2025
The Palm Sunday Planning Committee is convened by the Refugee Advocacy Network, working with refugees and a wide range of community and faith groups, unions and faith-based groups.
If you have any queries, feel free to call Marie on 0409 252 673 or email info@refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au
Laptop Donation Appeal
We encourage you to donate any working second-hand or unused laptops to BASP. Your contribution can assist asylum seekers in accessing education or job opportunities. Feel free to drop them into Brigid, Libby or Julie at the Brigidine Ministry Centre. Thank you!