Far from any major public attention, the humanitarian situation in the central Mediterranean has hit new and sad lows in recent weeks. The civil rescue ships SEA-WATCH 3, AITA MARI and GEO BARENTS were able to save more than 800 lives within a few days. At this hour, the AITA MARI and the GEO BARENTS […]
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Australia has said it would accept 3,000, possibly 5,000 Afghan refugees into the country, after the recent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. There are many voices and petitions at present that the number should be 20,000. The twenty years of war by coalition forces in Afghanistan, initially to flush out the 9/11 terrorists, has
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Recently, I investigated the claims of one particular Christian organisation (name withheld) who promote sponsorship of children in orphanages. What I found was that the funds didn’t benefit the particular chosen child directly, but rather indirectly, namely, the funds went to the institution and not to the specific child per se. In my opinion, this amounts to
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The world would have us believe that we are dealing with an entirely new set of (medical) problems in overcoming this latest, potentially deadly attack on mankind. Day in and day out, we are bombarded by hourly, and even half-hourly news, of how this virus is wreaking havoc in our midst. This is the reality
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Sunday June 14 to Saturday June 20, 2020 Celebrating the Year of Welcome – Online Get involved Sponsorship Events Share a meal, share a story Resources Ambassadors About Refugee Week Resources The Refugee Council of Australia make a number of resources available to the public who wish to join us in celebrating Refugee Week each
The present fallout of COVID-19 is absolutely huge! I may be stating the obvious. If we stop to consider what enforced isolation really means, we realize the enormous present suffering that people have to endure due to this sinister and devastating disease that presently has gripped most of humanity! Psalm 91 talks about “the
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REPENTANCE! When the perpetrator has claimed his victim: REPENTANCE! When the victim has stated the wrong: REPENTANCE! When the victors march triumphantly: REPENTANCE! When the captives are finally released: REPENTANCE! When the prisoner ceases denying his crime: REPENTANCE! When the apparent “good man” boasts of his deeds: REPENTANCE! When all has been said and done:
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Prayer for Refugees (Based on UNHCR statements) 2 April 2020 For countries to manage border restrictions in a manner that respects international human rights and refugee protection standards, through the use of quarantine and health checks; Developed countries to help the less developed to bolster their health systems and for a focus on the most
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Subscribe The Refugee Brief – 1 April 2020 By Kristy Siegfried | 1 April, 2020 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Protect rights and health of refugees and migrants in coronavirus response, says UN. Four UN agencies – OHCHR, IOM, WHO and UNHCR – on Tuesday called for national responses to COVID-19 to include migrants, refugees, the forcibly displaced
COVID-19 Update for refugees and people seeking asylum 20 March 2020 Print this As Australia and the world faces the rapidly escalating COVID-19 crisis, we stand with refugees, people seeking asylum and the organisations working with them. A pandemic of this nature, unprecedented in our life-times, brings great uncertainty and fear for all of us,
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INTENSE PERSECUTION IS DRIVING ENDANGERED CHRISTIANS OUT OF GAZA Terrorists in Gaza have rained down hundreds of rockets on Israeli civilians over the last several months. In response, Israel has pounded terror targets in the Gaza Strip with deadly airstrikes. Such bouts of violence are all too familiar realities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Caught in
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A Poem by Pia Horan-Gross At dawn I awake suddenly, startled, to the voice of a million voiceless cries. Children, hidden away for secret exploitation. Hands raised in violent threats, pinning them down, sealing their silent screams. Young women, enticed and deceived. Trapped, like butterflies in a sticky spider’s web. Their agonised
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We all love to make judgements on big and small issues; it’s an innate characteristic of mankind. The trouble is that often it is based on personal biases, gut instinct, brainwashing by others, parental teaching or cultural norms. Self-awareness of this is a wholesome, balancing factor in one’s outlook on life. Americans distrust Iranians, Iranians
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The refugee issue doesn’t go away but increases in its complexity! Opinions on how to “manage” this issue vary from country to country and from individual to individual. Some adopt a hardline approach, with tight border controls and limited assistance, to discourage being flooded by this needy people group. Others have a more laissez-faire approach,
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Being an alumna of Sydney University, I regularly receive the university’s alumni magazine and found recently the following article, which really inspired me! TRANSFORMING DEVASTATED LANDSCAPES WITH PERMACULTURE Working to avoid looming hunger 21 September 2018 The humanitarian crises that most of us only read about are often witnessed firsthand by alumna Rosemary Morrow, as
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Since the dawn of time, man has been at loggerhead with God’s appointed plan for mankind; namely to have a close relationship of dependence and obedience with Him. A choice was given, with clear warning as to the consequence of one of those two options; man chose to ignore that warning and to listen to
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As unbelievable as it seems, today will determine whether we as a country, are facing another leadership spill! Sadly, it’s becoming a pattern in Australia! All for the sake of preserving party supremacy, by electing a candidate most likely to win the next election! As Turnbull’s increasing “liberal” (read “leftist”) policies have caused a rift
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Psalm 107 New King James Version (NKJV) BOOK FIVE Psalms 107–150 Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance 107 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His [a]mercy endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 3 And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the
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Without a shift in attitude, both from the people and authorities on Nauru and from Australian authorities, the fate of released refugees seems grim. They find themselves in a place with few opportunities, usually surrounded by a hostile community and deprived of their hopes and dreams. They need help, inspired and ordained by the God
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