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Anniversary of the National Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples
Government policies and processes continue to separate First Nations children from their families at alarming and disproportionate rates – on the fifteenth anniversary of the Stolen Generations apology, ANDY HAMILTON SJ reflects on a better way to support children and families at risk. It is now fifteen years since the unanimous parliamentary apology to Australia’s…
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International Migrants Day and International Day of Human Solidarity 2021
At Christmas, the larger story behind Jesus’ birth models the solidarity that is the proper response to migrants and other people who find themselves in need, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. It is a happy coincidence that International Migrants Day and the International Day of Human Solidarity are so closely linked to Christmas. Sponsors of the…
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The Afghanistan crisis: it’s time to give refugees a permanent home
It has been almost four months since the fall of Kabul and the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. We have witnessed the devastating impact this has had on the people of Afghanistan – those who are stranded there, those who are trying to escape and those who can only watch on from other countries like Australia.…
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Staff Profile – Nasser Yawari, Jobs Victoria Advocates Program
As hundreds of Afghan families fled captured Kabul in August and September, the diaspora community was waiting with open arms. One Melbourne-based community member, Nasser Yawari, works for our Jobs Victoria Advocates Program. Here, he tells how he coordinated within different Jesuit Social Services programs to link families with food and services – demonstrating what…
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Catholic communities urge Australian Government to do more to protect people from Afghanistan
Jesuit Social Services co-convenes with Jesuit Refugee Services the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA), which has today reflected on the outcome of their recent federal electorate campaign – advocating for a more generous welcome for people fleeing the crisis in Afghanistan. Almost 600 leaders from Catholic communities across Australia have signed letters urging…
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17 August 2021 The Hon. Karen Andrews MP Minister for Home Affairs Parliament House Canberra, ACT 2600 Re: Protection for Afghan people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas in Australia Dear Minister, Today we write to you as the Co-Chairs of the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) about…
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17 August 2021 The Hon. Alex Hawke MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Parliament House Canberra, ACT 2600 Re: Protection for Afghan people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas in Australia Dear Minister, Today we write to you as the Co-Chairs of the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum…
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NAIDOC Week (July 4 – 11) is a time for recognising and celebrating the many ways in which pride has been built in Indigenous communities, and for pressing that in their relationships to people and to the environment governments and other institutions show the respect which opens out to healing, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. This…
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In public debates, Governments will win more votes than they lose through the brutal treatment of refugees. If we care for refugees, then, we must be in for the long haul. When the national mood changes from suspicious of outsiders to a more hospitable outlook, we must be ready to encourage it, writes ANDY HAMILTON…




