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Submission: Migration Amendment Bill 2024
A submission has been provided to the Senate Inquiry into the Migration Amendment Bill 2024 highlighting concerns about the serious and irreversible impact on the wellbeing and safety of refugees and people seeking asylum. There has been limited time provided for consideration and adequate discussion of such serious…
Read MoreAction Update: Proposed Bill to expand Government’s powers to remove people to third countries
Dear CAPSA Community,As you may be aware, last week the High Court found the Federal Government’s imposition of ankle bracelet and curfew conditions after release from indefinite detention to be unconstitutional and unlawful. In response the Federal Government has introduced new regulations under the Migration Act to reinstate these conditions, and…
Read MoreWorld Migrant and Refugee Sunday: Reflection from Fr. Andrew Hamilton SJ
In Australia, as in other nations today, many people are hostile to refugees and to migrants.That is not surprising. People who struggle to find accommodation or to keep work can easily come to see as threats people coming to Australia. They believe that governments should solve local problems first…
Read MoreNational Week of Prayer and Action – Journeying Together
Reflections by Loloma Tonnochy“There is nothing we want more for them than to provide a safe place to call home.”We all have our own roles in which to contribute to ensuring that refugees settling in Australia are welcomed and able to feel at home.It just depends on our…
Read MoreNational Week of Prayer and Action – Journeying Together
Reflections by Sister Brigid Arthur“We humans are at our best when we have empathy and walk in the shoes of another.”The experience of being a refugee is unique. Only refugees themselves actually know what it is like to suffer displacement by persecution, war, or extreme discrimination. However, we who…
Read MoreWEBINAR: NATIONAL WEEK OF PRAYER AND ACTION 2024
WEBINAR: ‘Journeying together with Refugees and People Seeking Asylum’ 18 September 7pm, Online Watch the Webinar recording here SPEAKERS: David Manne – Human rights lawyer and Executive Director, Refugee LegalDavid Manne is a human rights lawyer and Executive Director of Refugee Legal. He has worked in various capacities assisting refugees and asylum…
Read MoreJourneying together during CAPSA’s National Week of Prayer and Action
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) has officially launched its National Week of Prayer and Action, which runs from September 16 to 20, and seeks to engage the Australian Catholic community across schools, organisations and parishes to act and stand in solidarity with people seeking asylum.“The…
Read MoreOn 11th anniversary of resumption of offshore processing, CAPSA continues calls for Federal Government to end inhumane offshore detention and extend permanent protection
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) acknowledges, with deep sadness, the 11th anniversary of the Federal Government’s resumption of offshore processing for people seeking asylum who arrive in Australia by boat. CAPSA continues to call on the Federal Government to permanently end offshore detention, extend permanent…
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