The call is growing

Many of you may already have seen this email from GetUp.  It looks as if the numbers of children on Nauru are shrinking, lets keep up the pressure!

Just a few days ago, Australia's peak medical body slammed the Government's treatment of the 95 children still detained on Nauru.¹

Our country's most prominent and respected doctors and medical professionals described the situation as "a humanitarian emergency"² and have demanded Scott Morrison immediately bring the children and their families to safety.

It's a doctors order that politicians won't want to hear and will go out of their way to ignore. But the tide is shifting – and they know it.

In just a few weeks, over 110,000 people have demanded politicians get #KidsOffNauru.

In a matter of hours, close to 3700 GetUp members chipped in to plaster Canberra and the country with the faces of the children detained on Nauru.

While Morrison tried to steer his fledgling Government through its first sitting period, a huge mobile billboard followed him around Canberra.

When politicians picked up their morning paper, they had to look George*, who was born in detention, in the eyes.

In their electorates, street posters have started rolling out. To make sure they can't escape the faces of the children in detention – who are called a number, not a name – when they return home.

Over the last few weeks, the Government has been forced by lawyers and the Federal Court to bring dozens of critically ill children and their families to safety.³

Religious leaders and celebrities like Hugh Jackman have stood up and called for action.

Momentum is building. Together, we're shattering the government lie and showing the public that there are still children detained on Nauru. But to force politicians to act, we're going to need to turn these calls for action into a deafening roar.

We'll need to hit the phones, the pavement and the airwaves to show our politicians how powerful our people-powered movement can be. And we're ready.

Thank you for all you've done so far – stay tuned.

Shen and Renaire for the GetUp team

References:
[1] 'AMA president calls for urgent transfer of refugee families from Nauru', The Guardian, 20 September 2018.
[2] 'AMA president calls for urgent transfer of refugee families from Nauru', The Guardian, 20 September 2018.
[3] 'Child Trauma on Nauru – The Facts', Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, 28 August 2018