At the start of World Refugee Week, the Australian Greens are introducing legislation to parliament that would give refugees the right to appeal against adverse security assessments by the national security agency.
The Australia Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has ordered nearly 60 refugees - including six children - to be indefinitely detained, deeming them as a security risk without telling them why.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young addressed a crowd of protesters on the matter in the South Australian capital, Adelaide.
Rallies were held across the country as part of the United Nations' World Refugee Week, which began on Sunday. World Refugee Day is on Wednesday.
Senator Hanson-Young says the Greens will introduce the bill to the Senate on Monday.
"These very vulnerable people, including children, have been charged, convicted and sentenced, without a trial, without any understanding of what it is that the government believes that they have done," she said.
The party's action "is simply about giving them a fair go".
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