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CAPSA National Day of Prayer & Action
From September 5-9, thousands of Catholic school students gathered to send a a strong message of solidarity to people seeking asylum and refugees in Australia. They stood up to injustice and called on our political leaders to show compassion over cruelty and #BringThemHere. Check out the different events…
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Hundreds of Catholic school students and Victorian of the Year join calls to #BringThemHere
MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 31, 2016 Australian of the Year finalist Julian McMahon, Sister Brigid Arthur of the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project and more than 200 Catholic school students will stand in solidarity with the men, women and children seeking asylum in Australia at…
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Hundreds gather in solidarity on Migrant & Refugee Sunday
Hundreds of people around the country gathered in various locations to stand in a solidarity ‘Circle of Silence’. The event, developed by the Franciscans in 2007, is a show of support for people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants around the world who are facing injustice, and being silenced.…
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Urgent Call for a National Summit on Humanitarian Innovation: a better way for Australia
Last week the Sisters of St Joseph made a plea to our Federal government leaders to respect the dignity of the people on Nauru and work to #BringThemHere and call a National Summit to reach a political consensus on this issue. From the Josephite Justice Office. On this…
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More Abuse Uncovered on Nauru, So Who’s Responsible?
17 August 2016 Opinion: It is time Australia rejected the fiction that our political leaders are not somehow responsible for what happens on the offshore detention centres they have created, writes Julie Edwards the CEO of Jesuit Social Services. Only weeks ago we saw the horrific revelations…
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Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum calls for Royal Commission into human rights abuses on Nauru
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 10, 2016 The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) has today called on the Federal government to establish a Royal Commission following allegations of countless cases of abuse, sexual assault and self-harm of people seeking asylum on Nauru. The leaked ‘Nauru…
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Dealing with difference in a divided world
JULY 28, 2016 By Andrew Hamilton SJ and Samuel Dariol When the bullying of one unpopular group in a school is tolerated it quickly spreads to targeting other disfavoured groups. It is true also of societies. That is why Australia’s treatment of people seeking asylum is…
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Detention centre’s closure not a win for people seeking asylum
JULY 19, 2016 By Rosie Donegan Detainees at Darwin’s Wickham Point detention facility have gradually been moved to unknown locations since June, with the last remaining asylum seekers reported to have left last week. Although this may seem to be a hopeful development for the rights and…
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