Three refugee issues requiring urgent change
The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) is encouraging conversations, letters, emails to all candidates in the coming Federal Election about the need for urgent changes for refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia.
- Real and lasting solutions for people still stuck in Australia’s offshore processing system.
- Ending Temporary Protection.
- Reinstating Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian program to at least the 2013 level of 20,000 places per year.
The Refugee Council of Australia has excellent resources for finding contact details for your candidates and talking points for raising the urgent issues: Can you take action for the Federal Election?
In particular ACRT highly recommends the guidance notes for talking on these urgent refugee and policy issues: Clear Answers to Curly Questions on Refugee Policy Proposals
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) is an activity of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA).
We believe our faith calls us to welcome the stranger and care for the people who find themselves displaced, marginalised or homeless, and those in need of protection. We want to see a compassionate and generous response to welcoming refugees into Australia.
