Refugee advocates will set up a “refugee embassy” outside the office of the Immigration Department in Belconnen on Tuesday to protest against Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers.

Organisers say they will not criticise public servants during the late afternoon rally but will take aim at the government’s policy on asylum seekers and the “kidnapping” of Sri Lankans at sea.

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