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The Argument for or against allowing 20,000 Afghan Refugees into Australia

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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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Refugee Council of Australia’s Latest Information on COVID-19 and Refugees

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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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The refugee issue doesn’t go away but increases in its complexity!

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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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Let’s Do Something About Human Trafficking in Australia!

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The worldwide issue of human trafficking is very much at the forefront of my prayers and awareness. That it is also happening in Australia is all the more reason to take every action to eliminate it within our borders! Thank God for people like Paul Green, a Christian Democrat and Senator, and Caroly Houmes, the

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ANGLICAN SYNOD PLEADS FOR AUSTRALIA TO TAKE 12,000 MORE REFUGEES

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The Anglican Church of Australia has urged the Federal Government to take another 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq, especially Christians and other minorities. The church also asked the Government, as a matter of human decency, to resettle in Australia any refugees and asylum seekers still detained on Manus Island and Nauru, and urged the

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Curbing misuse of government monetary support to vulnerable people groups – some impressive answers!

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Allow me to present my researched observations about this issue, as well as a recently published article on an effective trial intervention amongst some Aboriginal tribal groups and the possible reasons why it seems to be so impressively successful:   I am convinced that governments tend to see financial aid mainly as a political obligation, social

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Latest Situation regarding Papua New Guinea and Manus Island Refugee Situation

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Today’s (3/2/2017) Sydney Morning Herald and other major newspapers inform us of the embarassing situation Australia is finding itself in, due to Trump’s unsurprising ?final response regarding the so-called resettlement deal with America, brokered by the Obama administration during his last days in office. Much has been and will be said about this: As Christian

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The Upcoming Australian Election (can be applied to any election; anywhere!) – My thoughts

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Let’s be those who prayerfully consider the present needs of our precious country of Australia and make the effort to carefully consider the responsibility before us to appoint worthy representatives in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Are they representing our struggling and often forgotten farmers, those most vulnerable in our society such

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A Just Australia campaign

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The A Just Australia campaign is managed by the Refugee Council of Australia. The core mission of the campaign is to campaign for positive changes to government policy on refugee and asylum seekers. By working together with prominent Australians and community groups and thousands of concerned individuals, A Just Australia aims to achieve just and

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An alternative to offshore detention

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An alternative to offshore detention by Julian Burnside | Nov 4, 2015 | Asylum Seekers, Human Rights The  present system of dealing with asylum seekers who arrive by boat is cruel (intentionally) and hideously expensive.  There is a rational alternative to the  intentional cruelty of the present system. That system reflects the attempts of both

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Easter greetings and some thoughts on human slavery

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Dear friends and fellow pray-ers! Like some of you; this morning I awoke to a Facebook security message asking me to reply whether I was safe, in view of an explosion which took place just recently. It turned out to be a world-wide error by Facebook, in response to an explosion which just took place

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NAURU DETENTION FOR CHILDREN UNACCEPTABLE SAY ANGLICAN CHURCH BISHOPS

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Melbourne’s Anglican bishops have again urged the Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Turnbull, to change the narrative on children in detention despite the High Court decision that there is no legal impediment to returning more than 250 asylum seekers to Nauru. In a published statement The Bishops claim “The fact that a legal determination has been

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Further Prayer Needed for Australian Refugee Situation

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2 Chronicles 7:14 “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Folks, in light of the article below, which is just another

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Imminent new additional asylum seeker intake (2015) for Australia

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Hello dear praying friends! It’s been a while since my last posting. I had a welcome two weeks’ break and attended a four days conference to do with reconciliation in the world-wide Body of Christ. Truly inspiring! Despite my silence, I hope that you have been persevering with praying for the needs of refugees. I

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The Curse of People Smuggling

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A COMPLEX ISSUE Some Definitions: “The flow of migrants across borders is controlled increasingly by criminal networks. Due to more restrictive immigration policies in destination countries and improved technology to monitor border crossings, “willing illegal” (inverted commas my addition, in view of the known desperation motivating these individuals and in view of the repeated statements

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Prayer for Refugees stationed in Indonesia

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We pray for the thousands of refugees stranded in Indonesia, waiting to be resettled in countries such as Australia. Our hearts are appalled at Australia’s present self-protective stand regarding the desperate Indonesian refugees seeking asylum, especially children waiting to be reunited with their families, presently in Australia. We pray for a softening of hearts in

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Indonesia’s Refugee Population

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“The Federal Government’s announcement this week that Australia will not resettle any refugees who registered with the United Nations in Indonesia after June 2014 is yet another step in its continuing departure from humanitarian principles and genuine regional cooperation. Further, this latest announcement is unlikely to disrupt the movement of asylum seekers to Indonesia, or

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Prayer for Refugees in Prolonged Detention

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*Abba Father, we lift up every man, woman and child who find themselves locked away in a refugee centre or similar situation of detention, where their basic freedoms have been taken away from them and where their hope for a better future in our land has been lost. *We pray for an end of indefinite

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