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Asylum-seeker has new career all sewn up
Nothing makes Esther* happier than making clothes for others. The 32-year-old asylum-seeker from Papua New Guinea is a participant in Mercy Works’ partnership with the Romero Centre in Brisbane, which has so far helped 37 people gain employment since last July.
Australia evacuates last refugee held on Nauru
The last refugee held by Australia on Nauru has been evacuated off the island, marking the end – at least for now – of more than a decade of offshore processing on the Pacific island. Source: The Guardian.
Catholic Mission calls for parish support for refugee families program
This Refugee Week, Catholic Mission is inviting parishes to take action and open their hearts and arms to sponsor refugee families to help them to settle into their new life in Australia.
‘They are your brothers and sisters’: Catholics pray for refugees
Catholics across Australia gathered online this week for a prayer service for Refugee Week and were encouraged to look around their local parish and pay attention to those who have fled their homes in search of a new life. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Vinnies use Refugee Week to call for end to offshore detention
As Refugee Week begins, the St Vincent de Paul Society is calling on the Albanese Government to end Australia’s offshore detention system and to treat asylum-seekers in the community with dignity.
Church support helps Tamil refugee secure visa
Members of Brisbane’s Darra Jindalee parish are celebrating after a fellow parishioner and Tamil refugee was granted a visa to stay in Australia. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Partnership helps refugees and asylum-seekers get to work
Mercy Community’s Romero Centre and Logix Engineering have partnered to provide refugees and asylum seekers in Brisbane with much-needed experience through a series of successful work placements.
Budget ‘creates uncertainty’ about humanitarian intake
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum is concerned that the Albanese Government has not funded the expansion of Australia’s humanitarian program despite committing to raise the humanitarian intake to 27,000 places over four years at last year’s election.
People should be free to choose, not forced, to migrate: Pope
Everyone should be free – not forced – to leave their homeland, to remain in their new host nation and to return to their country of origin, Pope Francis says in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Source: CNS.