June 20, 2025 Is this how we want our visa processing system to run? Two of the families RAR successfully settled in Australia were the result of extensive political lobbying. A retired government minister who asked RAR to sponsor the sister of one of his former...
As Australian Churches, we believe the Gospel calls us to welcome the stranger. That’s why churches across the country are standing up to say: It’s time to #EndTheWaiting. Starting 1 August 2025, a nationwide witness led by churches and people of faith will see...
LIVES ON HOLD: ‘Muru’ Asylum seekers are spending years in limbo as they wait for their claims to be processed. Muru (not his real name), a Sri Lankan national, was a young man of 25 when he arrived in Australia by boat. He had turned 40 by the time he was finally...
The Australian government has been strong in its position of compassion for vulnerable women and families in Afghanistan. There is a glaring disparity between this rhetoric and visa processing systems which deny humanitarian visas – despite ample evidence of the...
By political reporter Olivia Caisley Amnesty International and the Asylum Seekers Centre were among those to sign the open letter. (ABC News: Matt Roberts) In short: A coalition of refugee and human rights organisations has written to the leaders of the...
Home affairs minister Tony Burke says he is confident in government’s power to deport the man and ‘will proceed with removal to Nauru as soon as possible’ Ben Doherty Sun 23 Feb 2025 An asylum seeker slated for deportation to Nauru on Monday has had his removal...
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