RAR Ten Point Plan June 2018

_{The RAR Ten Point Plan}

_{RAR believes that Australia should}

• _{Receive asylum seekers in accordance with the humane standards set out in the UN Convention on Refugees which Australia signed in 1954.} 
• _{Close all off-chore and remote detention centres and take full responsibility for processing asylum seeker claims in Australia,}
• _{Rescind all current legislation that condones and even encourages human rights violations and establish a formal multi-party parliamentary committee to draft refugee and asylum seeker policies that will gain bipartisan support.}
• _{Do more to improve public understanding to the plight of asylum seeker issues and to dispel common myths.}
• _{Provide orientation, training and support to urban and rural communities willing to assist refugees with accommodation and employment.}

_{In our Region}

_{Australia should}

• _{Work with our Asia Pacific neighbours to find cooperative and non-punitive solutions to the flow of refugees into and through the region.}
• _{Ensure that countries currently hosting disproportionate numbers of refugees are given appropriate support.}

_{In the Global context}

_{Australian should}

• _{Use its position on the United National Security Council}
• _{Seek a world-wide increase in aid for refugees}
• _{Seek to influence oppressive governments who are persecuting their minority groups}

_{Rural Australians for Refugees call on the Australian Government to seek solutions at a global, regional and national level to address the international asylum seeker and refugee crisis.}