More than a thousand people have rallied in Melbourne to protest against the first anniversary of the federal government’s refugee policies.

Speakers including ACTU president Ged Kearney, Greens MP Adam Bandt, and Labor MP Lisa Chesters joined a number of refugees in calling for Operation Sovereign Borders to be scrapped.

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