Why should we show compassion?

The asylum seeking situation past and present:

• A snapshot of people seeking asylum in Australia over the centuries
• Information on the current situation for people seeking asylum (As of April 2019)
• Cuts to the safety net for people seeking asylum (as of April 2019)

Catholic perspectives on people seeking asylum:

• Inspiration for compassion from a Catholic perspective: a summary document
• Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference Social Justice Statement 2015/16 ‘For those who have come across the seas‘
• Australian Catholic Refugee and Migration Office ‘What The Catholic Church Teaches on Asylum and Migration‘
• The Vatican’s (Pontifical Councils ‘Cor Unum’ and for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People) document, Refugees: A Challenge to Solidarity. 
  
• The Pope receives the participants in the 6th International Forum on Migration and Peace, 21.02.2017, Speech transcript