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Refugee Update
Feb. 5th, 2016 10:55 am'You say you are saving our lives, but you are killing us': Young asylum seeker's plea to Malcolm Turnbull (SMH, 5 February 2016)
Children who fear return to Nauru have attempted suicide, say paediatricians (GA, 4 February 2016)
'Nauru is the end of our life': asylum seeker describes despair after high court decision (4 February 2016)
Church leaders risk potential jail time by offering sanctuary to asylum seekers (ABC, 4 February 2016) | Sanctuary offered to asylum seekers facing removal to offshore detention by churches across Australia (ABC, 4 February 2016) | Churches outside the law when offering sanctuary to asylum seekers (SMH, 5 February 2016): Professor Constant Mews, the director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University: "In the Middle Ages, sanctuary developed as a way particularly of those seeking refuge from unjust imprisonment" but was legally abolished in England in 1624, although "there was a still a recognition that churches did constitute a sacred space. It was a place where armed guards [and] security forces could not go in with impunity." University of NSW law professor George Williams: "Australian churches were "really asserting a moral claim" and potentially calling the government's bluff following the High Court decision".
Leaked Government document outlines tougher migration program, increased monitoring of refugees (ABC 5 February 2016)
Border Force head to face questions on alleged payment to people smugglers (GA, 5 February 2016): "Major General Andrew Bottrell will appear before Senate inquiry into alleged government payment of $32,000 to crew of asylum seeker boat in May 2015." | When government officials tell us that we don’t need to know, we should be wary (GA, 5 February 2016): "Before giving evidence to the Senate committee inquiry on Friday, Amnesty International’s Steph Cousins explains how her inquiry came to its conclusion that Australian officials paid people smugglers to return a boat to Indonesia."
Children who fear return to Nauru have attempted suicide, say paediatricians (GA, 4 February 2016)
'Nauru is the end of our life': asylum seeker describes despair after high court decision (4 February 2016)
Church leaders risk potential jail time by offering sanctuary to asylum seekers (ABC, 4 February 2016) | Sanctuary offered to asylum seekers facing removal to offshore detention by churches across Australia (ABC, 4 February 2016) | Churches outside the law when offering sanctuary to asylum seekers (SMH, 5 February 2016): Professor Constant Mews, the director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University: "In the Middle Ages, sanctuary developed as a way particularly of those seeking refuge from unjust imprisonment" but was legally abolished in England in 1624, although "there was a still a recognition that churches did constitute a sacred space. It was a place where armed guards [and] security forces could not go in with impunity." University of NSW law professor George Williams: "Australian churches were "really asserting a moral claim" and potentially calling the government's bluff following the High Court decision".
Leaked Government document outlines tougher migration program, increased monitoring of refugees (ABC 5 February 2016)
Border Force head to face questions on alleged payment to people smugglers (GA, 5 February 2016): "Major General Andrew Bottrell will appear before Senate inquiry into alleged government payment of $32,000 to crew of asylum seeker boat in May 2015." | When government officials tell us that we don’t need to know, we should be wary (GA, 5 February 2016): "Before giving evidence to the Senate committee inquiry on Friday, Amnesty International’s Steph Cousins explains how her inquiry came to its conclusion that Australian officials paid people smugglers to return a boat to Indonesia."
