Keywords: Temporary Protection Visa
-
RELIGION
The situation of Christians in Bethlehem is difficult, and many are leaving. It is hard to shed tears for Jewish victims of the Holocaust while living under Israeli military occupation, and it is equally difficult being part of a Christian minority in a predominately Middle Eastern Muslim society.
READ MORE 
-
AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 31 October 2007
1 Comment
ALP Immigration Policy includes both change and continuity. It gives more priority to teaching English over testing, but there's still too much reliance on ministerial discretion rather than the judicial system.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
There are times when we Australians get the balance between national interest and individual liberty wrong, especially when the individual is a member of a powerless minority. One way of improving the balance is including the judiciary in the calculus, as has now happened in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
1 Comment
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 19 September 2007
4 Comments
The Howard Government must be given credit for increasing the size of our migration program, including the refugee and humanitarian component. But the deliberations of civil society should provide a fair go for all refugees, including those who arrive by boat without a visa.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 July 2006
The following is an edited text of an address given by Fr Frank Brennan sj ao, at the launch of his most recent book, Tampering with Asylum.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Arnold Zable
- 04 July 2006
Refugee stories told by Arnold Zable.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 June 2006
Professor Saeed and Fr Madigan make religious dialogue look easy. You would almost wonder what is the problem.
READ MORE
-
ARTS AND CULTURE
Frank Brennan’s Tampering with Asylum prompts Peter Mares to look at this issue again.
READ MORE
-
ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Hughes
- 22 May 2006
This story of one asylum seeker portrays the best and worst in our nature.
READ MORE
-
INTERNATIONAL
Leanne McKay sheds light on the reality of unaccompanied minors arriving in Australia
READ MORE
-
INTERNATIONAL
- Steven Churches
- 14 May 2006
Was the decision to deny the Bakhtiyaris refugee status based on all the facts?
READ MORE