Catholic religious call for government to protect Medevac bill
The peak body for leaders of religious congregations and institutes living in Australia said in a statement the medical evacuation ...
Tag: Manus Island
Papua New Guinea senior priest Fr Giorgio Licini says country’s ‘humanitarian crisis’ is intensifying
Fr Giorgio Licini: “You cannot keep people in those conditions indefinitely … You destroy them, and who allows you to ...
Offshore detention ‘has not been a success’, refugee advocate says as thousands rally for refugees
Brisbane gathering: Thousands rallied in capital cities last weekend, calling for the release of about 800 refugees and asylum seekers ...
Three cases of self harm in two days on Manus Island prompts letter to PNG Prime Minister
Asylum woes: “My concern is rather about their fast deteriorating health status, which is making now acts of self-harm and attempted ...
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. ...
Former Manus Island teacher says $70 million payout to asylum seekers ‘not about the money’
Jacob Rice: “For all the people that I know, it is not about the money.” A ...
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 ...
Catholics were reading the leaked Nauru Files in public when the Senate proposed an Inquiry into the document
Public action: Refugee advocates including Dominican Father Pan Jordan (left), Mercy Sister Dolores Creevey and Michelle ...
Asylum seekers on Manus Island write letters of hope to their former teacher
Hope-filled news: Catholic teacher Jacob Rice received joyful messages from his former students and friends in ...
Catholic refugee advocates: End immigration detention of children
Long-term trauma: Refugee activists protest outside the electoral office of Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in Brisbane. Photo: ...
Manus teacher recalls asylum seekers’ despair
Back from Manus: Jacob Rice, now teaching at Mt Alvernia College in Brisbane, was disturbed by ...
Pope would be appalled by Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers
POPE Francis would be appalled at the Australian Government’s treatment of asylum seekers, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said in a ...
Bishop condemns the Manus solution as lacking moral worth
Asylum seekers: "We're appealing to people to be able to think about the whole issue of ...
