Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia
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We aim to provide direct relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, disability or helplessness including financial & non-financial assistance to people in Australia. A particular focus is on assisting former refugees in the Australian community & others seeking residence in Australia
The True Illegals Don't come By Boat Sparkling Rosie Blog
Jesus was a Refugee
Jesus the Refugee One Man's Web
Ministering Unconditionally to Uprooted Peoples S. Tilewa Johnson A Globe of Witnesses
Jesus, A Refugee, a poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen, Denmark Voices
We're all Boat People: A Biblical View of Refugees Dr Gordon Preece Ethos Blog
'God loves boat people': Churches take a stand Sydney Morning Herald September 2, 2013
Myths and Facts
Myths about refugees and asylum seekers: Detailed mythbuster They are not illegal, there is no queue to jump,
Statistics on asylum seekers arriving in Australia 89 boats 2010-2011; 403 boats 2012-2013
Government removes Refugee Council’s core funding pdf 30 May 2014 The Australian Government has completely cut core funding to the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) despite allocating $140,000 just two weeks ago in its 2014-15 Budget.
Edmund Rice Centre for Justice & Community Education
Australian Human Rights Commission
Face the Facts continued demand for accurate and easy to understand information about Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
A Just Australia "At the end of 2013, there were 1,028 children in closed detention facilities with another 116 children detained on Nauru."
Parliament of Australia Research Publications
Asylum seekers and the Refugee Convention
Asylum seekers and refugees What are the facts
Immigration detention in Australia
Boat arrivals in Australia since 1976
Statistics and facts about asylum seeker and refugee issues pdf
Home and Away John Marsden Matt Ottley picture book for older readers
Literary minded Crikey
Refugee and Migrant Working Group Anglican Church of Australia
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce promote a shared Christian vision of compassion and hospitality for asylum seekers and refugees. The churches and their agencies work together to advocate for just and humane policies
CARAD based in Perth, WA Coalition for Asylum seekers, Detainees and Refugees
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Uniting Justice
Refugees Oxfam
Refugees' Human Rights Amnesty International Australia
Refugees and Settlement Brotherhood of St Laurence
Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office Matthew 25:35 "for I was a stranger and you welcomed me"
Refugee Advocacy Network broad coalition of Victorian organisations who have come together to advance a more just, humane approach to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.
Refugee Action Committee Canberra
Centre for Advocacy Support and Education for Refugees Inc. (CASE for Refugees) not for profit community legal centre that provides free legal advice, representation and advocacy to refugees, humanitarian visa holders and people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds who live in Western Australia
Association of Services for Torture and Trauma Survivors ASeTTS provides services to people who are humanitarian entrants or are from a refugee type background and who have experienced torture or trauma in their country of origin, during their flight to Australia, or while in detention
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Migration Support Programs Red Cross
Multicultural Services Centre of W.A
Visas, Immigration and Refugees
Migration Review Tribunal independent body established by the Commonwealth Government of Australia
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide. We scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice
Tampa/ "Overboard"
Truth Overboard Lies, Damned Lies and Politics 2002 Pandora Archive
Siev X memorial refugee boat, loss of 363 lives, 146 children.
Tampa affair Wikipedia (with references)
Leaky Boats Screen Australia The extraordinary trilogy of The Tampa, The Siev X and the 'children overboard' is a tale about democracy and how power works amidst an inconsolable paranoia that is the national inheritance of the most laid back people on earth
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