Mythbusters – Asylum Seekers and Refugees. Published by the Salvation Army Humanitarian Mission Services
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Problem Solving
Prayer for Refugees (based on UNHCR statement, 2 April 2020)
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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UNHCR’s REFUGEE BRIEF – Regular updates about the worldwide refugee situation and COVID-19
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
Refugee Council of Australia’s Latest Information on COVID-19 and Refugees
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 PLIGHT OF PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS
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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The refugee issue doesn’t go away but increases in its complexity!
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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Promises for Refugees and those who cannot find any human source of help
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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Let’s Do Something About Human Trafficking in Australia!
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
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!
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
An alternative to offshore detention
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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Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation?
Written by Aaron Trank, Jews for Jesus, San Francisco (Extract from an article of the same title, see further info at the end of this article) The command for unity in the church is not bound by racial, socio-economic, or political borders. But how do we have unity with those whose ideologies are seemingly irreconcilable
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CHRISTIANS SEE HOPE DESPITE SYRIA’S FIVE YEARS OF WAR
Of an estimated population of 17 million in Syria, 11 million have either left the country or been internally displaced by the civil war which has entered its 5th year. For those still there, there are new beginnings with new opportunities – in both business and in living out their faith. Some enterprising Syrians in
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Imminent new additional asylum seeker intake (2015) for Australia
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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Prayer Points for The Refugee Situation in Europe (2015)
Father God, we lift up the refugee situation in Europe. As wars and the threat of terror posed by many rogue terror groups increases all across the Middle East and the African Continent and as wars and rumours of wars become the norm (Matt. 24:6), we pray that the hearts of Europe’s leaders and its
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The Refugee Situation in Europe (2015)
The scale of … tragedies is shocking but no novelty. It is estimated that since 1993 some 20,000 migrants have died trying to cross Europe’s southern borders. The true figure is undoubtedly higher: Thousands have perished, their deaths unrecorded. Who is to blame? European politicians point the finger at traffickers. On Monday (20.4.2015 my inclusion),
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The Curse of People Smuggling
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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Planning and Problem Solving Approach To Most Issues
REFUGEE ISSUES IN COUNTRIES OF REFUGE INFORMATION GATHERING Who is doing what? Where? (i.e. Map of country in question with aid sites pinpointed) Identify unfilled gaps (geographical, service provision etc.) List of resources available (i.e. legal, funding, social, material resources etc.) THE STRATEGY What is our vision? What has God told us to
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