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World 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…
Read MoreReflective Piece by Fr. Andy Hamilton SJ
Our business at CAPSA is to care for people who seek asylum in Australia and across the globe. That care leads us also to attend to the forces that drive people from their homes to seek asylum. Today these include people from Gaza. We are also deeply concerned…
Read MoreCAPSA newsletter November 2023
Dear CAPSA Community,Thank you as always for your continued support. In recent news, the Australian government has confirmed that there are 11 people who have been transferred and detained in Nauru. Also, the men who remain in PNG will likely be transferred from there in the coming weeks,…
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