The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had previously been forced to release from its onshore immigration detention system following a landmark 2023 high court ruling. The court ruled that Australia’s use of indefinite immigration detention was...
It’s estimated that more than 122,000 people are homeless in this country. Many of them are Australians failed by society, slipping through the cracks of social, unemployment and mental health support structures. They may be huddled under blankets on the street, or...
I was born in Tigray, a province in northern Ethiopia. I am a mathematician and have studied and worked in many universities. I completed my Bachelor’s degree at one university in southern Ethiopia and was then employed at another one, south of the capital (Addis...
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...
They are our neighbours, friends, and faith community members. Some, like Ali were children when they arrived, and Australia is the only home they know. Some, like Mina from Iran, are in a constant battle against exhaustion and despair. As Australian Churches, we...
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...
