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ACRT

 

 

 

A CHRISTIAN VISION OF COMPASSION AND HOSPITALITY

FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES

 

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Submission opposing the Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024 
April 2024

The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) has made a submission to the Senate inquiry, which closes Friday 12 April 2024. 

ACRT have also prepared a briefing resource, providing a guide for churches in Australia that wish to make submissions opposing the Bill.  Read more

   
 

Submission to the AHRC on Women in Immigration Detention
February 2024

The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) made a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on 21 February 2024, looking into the experiences of women in immigration detention facilities, and the subsequent issues women faced when they were in community detention.  Read more

   
 

Hidden homelessness in Australia 
August 2023

Homelessness in Australia is often hidden for those in our community, like people seeking asylum with no work rights and no income support, while they wait for resolution of their visa status. Read more

   
 

Lives in limbo - 10 years of Offshore Processing
July 2023

The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) is one of many groups that are marking the ‘bitter’ 10th anniversary of the Regional Resettlement Arrangement between the Australian and Papua New Guinea (PNG) governments with an appeal to end the misery and cruelty of offshore processing.  Read more 

   

 

 

ACRT MEETING 
28 July 2022
Update: Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA)

At the recent Taskforce meeting a presentation was given by Blaise Itabelo, CRSA's Community Engagement Manager, on the Community Refugee Integration and Support Pilot (CRISP) and the Group Mentorship Program

  • CRSA call for more mentor groups from Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
  • We share the video recording of the presentation by Blaise Itabelo.

Read more and watch the recording here

   

IN THE MEDIA - immigration detention
22 January 2022

NCCA General Secretary, Elizabeth Stone, spoke with Sight Magazine saying that the detention and deportation of Serbian tennis star Djokovic has "reminded and informed Australians about the plight of dozens of men in immigration detention in hotels in Darwin, Brisbane and Melbourne." 

Read the Sight article End indefinite detention of asylum seekers’

Read also: Bishops, rabbis and imams call on Scott Morrison to free asylum seekers (thenewdaily.com.au- 28 January)

   
  COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP OF REFUGEES
January 2022
New program commencing July 2022
Thank you to the church groups and individual Australians across the country who rallied to help trail-blaze this new approach by signing up to be part of the Group Mentorship Program for newly arrived refugees.  Read more
   

Christians United for Afghanistan 
26 August 2021
Compassion for the most vulnerable
‍‍We, the Australian Church, are calling on the Federal Government to welcome a special intake of an additional 20,000 Afghan refugees, and support the ongoing well-being of all Afghan refugees and their families. Sign the urgent call here

It is our hope that as we unite as the Church, we speak boldly to our national government leaders to provide urgent action for the well being of Afghan refugees. 

   

AFGHAN REFUGEES
17 August 2021
Letter to Australian Prime Minister
‍‍NCCA-ACRT have written a request to the Federal Government to make a commitment in support of Afghan people in-country and in Australia. You can too!

We pray for a generous response from Australia to the Afghan situation at this time. Read more 

   

  

  Campaigns

 

DIGNITY NOT DESTITUTION

Around 12,000 people seeking asylum in Australia may be at risk of losing core services and financial support due to Government changes in the Status Resolution Support Services. The SRSS is a regular payment to help with basic living costs for those who live in Australia awaiting a decision about their immigration status.  

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COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP TO AUSTRALIA

The Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative has now become an incorporated Australian charity operating under the new name of Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA). The new organisation launched their website in July 2021.

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PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION

Your donation will be used to support the various campaigns of the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce.
‍*The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce is an initiative of the National Council of Churches in Australia, ABN 47 000 391 104

To make a donation by credit card, over the phone. Call our freecall number on 1800 025 101.

 
  

 

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