Topic: Immigration
Deporting the Heart
September 17, 2014 ·
September 15, 2014 Daniel G. Groody Unaccompanied child migrants and the globalization of indifference ere is a story, often quoted in church circles, about a man who lived near a river. One morning he went to get some water and saw a body floating downstream. He dove in, rescued the body, pulled it to shore and […]
Read More...High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it
September 17, 2014 ·
The landmark hearing clearly set out the constitutional limits on detaining non-citizens. The federal government will now have to release or process thousands of asylum seekers Joyce Chia reporter theguardian.com, Thursday 11 September 2014 08.00 BST The policy of locking people up indefinitely… is unlawful under Australian law.’Photograph: AAP Thursday’s high court verdict, which dealt another […]
Read More...Church against the government over inhumane deportation of Filipino migrants
August 29, 2013 ·
Tokyo (AsiaNews via CNUA) Japanese bishops accuse the Japanese government of “inhumane” behaviour towards Filipino migrants forcibly deported because they lacked proper papers. “We question and oppose the forced mass deportation of the 75 undocumented Filipino migrants because we found that their human rights were violated and their welfare was disregarded,” said the Catholic Commission […]
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