Refugees and asylum seekers

The Brisbane Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support (BRASS) network has recently released Walking Together – a resource to provide a starting point for people who would like to find out more about ways they can support refugees and asylum seekers Find out more

Myths are often propagated about some groups of people who live in Australia. These groups include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse peoples, asylum seekers and refugees. The Australian Human Rights Commission addresses these myths with Find out more

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The Chair of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Social Responsibilities Committee, The Very Rev Dr Peter Catt, has welcomed potential increases in Australia’s refugee intake. “Tragedy on the scale we’ve seen, nationally and internationally, over the past year is more Find out more

Please join us for this opportunity to pray with refugees and members of faith communities here in Brisbane: for the safety of refugees fleeing from persecution around the world; for refugees in detention and in the community in Australia awaiting Find out more

The Chair of the Brisbane Anglican Diocesan Social Responsibilities Committee (DSRC), The Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt, has strongly urged major political parties to overcome their differences in light of yet more asylum seeker boat tragedies and the failure of Find out more

The Australian Homestay Network has a new initiative to provide short-term accommodation to asylum seekers who have been recently released from immigration detention. The scheme is being promoted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, which has long called for a far greater Find out more

(21 March 2012)

A new discussion paper from Social Justice Advocacy examines some recent Australian policy responses in light of our commitment to key international documents such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Refugee Convention. The discussion paper focuses on: Find out more