"I can remember the impression that I had, -by this time I was 13-, and in our street, at first when the Germans were in control, they  used to herd prisoners of war across our street. And they were scared looking men, dragging themselves along, unshaven,dirty, and so on. When the soviets finally took over, we had the same experience, with  a  different cast. There were German soldiers coming along the streets, prisoners of war, dirty, unshaven, scared,...so that gave me an insight, into the horror of war, without thinking that one side was more virtuous than the another. I mean children think in these ways I guess." -Peter Farago

Interview with Peter Farago,refugee/survivor of WWII and a long time refugee advocate and activist

Lucy Honan speaks about the current story unfolding of the government's opposition to the brave actions by Teachers for Refugees to speak out and raise awareness on Australia's cruel treatment of refugees. Be sure to leave them a lovely message of support on their facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/t4refugees/

Interview with Lucy Honan, activist and co-founder of Teachers for Refugees

This morning on Refugee Radio we interviewed Morgan, a founding member of Mums for Refugees, who have recently raised upwards of one hundred thousand dollars to support much-needed legal advocacy for complex cases in offshore detention. Catch up with what Mums for Refugees www.mums4refugees.org and the National Justice Project www.justice.org.au are doing. Morgan is pictured here in the middle of two other heavily pregnant mums at a sit-in for refugees detained offshore last year.

Interview with Morgan from Mums for Refugees

Today on Refugee Radio we had the pleasure of speaking to Michael Green, the project coordinator for Behind the Wire - about the newly launched Messenger podcast series, sharing the story of Aziz, a refugee on Manus Island, in his own words - created in partnership with the Wheeler Centre. Listen to the Messenger podcast series here:http://www.wheelercentre.com/broadca…/podcasts/the-messenger

Interview with Michael Green, for Behind the Wire on their project 'The Messenger'

Artist Tadros Hanna speaks about his life journey, leaving Egypt with his 2 children to seek safety and a home in Australia. He shares his hopes for the future, his undying belief in the kindness of humanity, and the importance of giving back to the community in whichever way you can.

Interview with artist, film maker, interior designer Tadros Hanna

Gayle Carr, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre's Community Engagement Manager speaks about their strategy 'Right Track', a community led movement working together to shift attitudes towards people seeking asylum. She outlined the research behind using the right words and phrases particularly for language used in human rights campaigns. She explained that each and every one of us can initiate change in our own communities by having conversations using a simple framework.

ASRC’s Gayle Carr discusses messaging principles to shift attitudes towards people seeking asylum

Hosts (present): Amanda Zivcic, Celine Yap
Hosts (past): Trevor Grant, Ror Akot, Reza Yarahmadi
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