Staying or going, a Tamil family becomes the face of Australia’s border policies in deportation dispute
Uncertain future: Tharunicaa and Kopika await their fate. THE plight of boat people being allowed to stay in Australia is ...
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St James College asylum-seeker student’s dreams of studying to become a doctor revived
Soumi Gopalakrishnan: “It is unbelievable. It is like a dream come true.” OUTSTANDING refugee student Soumi ...
Dominican priest condemns separation of Tamil family after husband’s deportation
Justice: Fr Pan Jordan, who works closely with Brisbane’s Tamil community, has added his voice to ...
Child asylum seeker finds holiday heaven away from Nauru ‘hell’
Special encounter: Two children receiving support from the Romero Centre in Brisbane enjoyed a lesson in ...
Biloela battles for Sri Lankan family taken from their home to detention
Community support: Dozens of Biloela residents flew to Melbourne on May 3 to stand in solidarity ...
Immigration decision sparks outpouring from hundreds of supporters for Iranian asylum seeker
Education woes: Mojgan Shamsalipoor celebrates with husband Milad Jafari after receiving her Certifiicte III in Early ...
Brisbane Catholic teacher dedicates first song to refugees
Singing for justice: Patricia Crilly and musician John Dillon and members of the Emmaus Choir at ...
Australian bishops urge action over 600 asylum seekers fearing for their life on Manus
Public stand: Protesters at a Brisbane rally supporting the asylum seekers on Manus Island. Photo: Supplied. ...
Mojgan Shamsalipoor shares struggle to remain in Australia with Brisbane students as part of book tour
Sharing the plight: Mojgan Shamsalipoor with Mount Alvernia College Year 7 students, from left, Ella Abbott ...
Catholic community faces possibility of losing ‘adopted son’ Tamil refugee Nobert Eltran
Community member: Nobert Eltran has become a valued member of the community of Jubilee parish in ...
Australian Immigration orders deportation of Iranian woman Mojgan Shamsalipoor in six months
Sad fate: Mojgan Shamsalipoor and Milad Jafari in happier times. Photo: Supplied. AN Iranian woman’s “hopes ...
Vinnies CEO says “fake refugee” claims lack fairness and justice
Justice lacking: St Vincent de Paul Society CEO Dr John Falzon. CHURCH groups have condemned a ...
Parramatta bishop urges Australia to do more for refugees and asylum seekers during Brisbane trip
Welcome the stranger: Bishop Vincent Long of Parramatta speaking at a meeting at Nundah on March ...
Jesuit priest Fr Frank Brennan says if US deal falls through, resettling refugees on Manus and Nauru into Australia only ‘credible option’
Option to welcome: “That being the case, if Mr Trump doesn’t receive them, I say there’s ...
Queensland couple told toddler Cal can stay in Australia until January
Reprieve: Mackalistair So-On. Photo: FacebookTHE Brisbane guardians of a toddler born on Manus Island have been ...
Mojgan’s future still uncertain as Australian immigration law threatens possible return to Iran
Uncertain future: Mojghan Shamsalipoor reunited with husband Milad Jafari after her release last week but her ...
Asylum seeker Mojgan released from detention and reunited with husband
Couple reunited: Asylum seeker Mojgan Shamsalipoor has been awarded a bridging visa and allowed to be ...
Josephite Sister one of seven religious arrested at Sydney asylum protest
Arrested: Sr Susan Connelly. JOSEPHITE Sister Susan Connelly has described as “an enormously Eucharistic moment” her ...
Azar’s battle to survive: ‘I know that if I am sent back to Afghanistan that it will be the end of my life’
Refugee’s struggle: “I want to give back, and I will keep doing that during my life.”This ...
#NauruFiles: Motherly instincts spark fear for children involved in Nauru detention centre abuse
Christian protest: Christians including outraged mothers stood outside the Department of Immigration and Border Protection Brisbane ...
Brisbane’s newest Iraqi refugee intake have started school after years of terror
A new school start: St Joseph’s school principal, Gary Creevey, with Iraqi refugee pupils Dominic Matloob, ...
Immigration Department’s $6 million asylum seeker movie is at odds with Pope Francis’ Good Friday act
Rights abuses: “The film aimed to educate and inform audiences in source countries about the futility ...
Manus teacher recalls asylum seekers’ despair
Back from Manus: Jacob Rice, now teaching at Mt Alvernia College in Brisbane, was disturbed by ...
Refugee Milad Jafari puts life on hold to save separated wife
On hold: The life of Milad Jafari, with a photo of him and his wife Mojgan ...
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