Keywords: Jesuit Refugee Service
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INTERNATIONAL
- Mark Raper
- 17 November 2010
3 Comments
May I tell you about one refugee whom I met during the 20 years I lived and worked JRS? The story has no happy outcome, indeed far from it. But it may help to communicate some of the feelings that inspire many who accompany the refugees.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 August 2010
18 Comments
In an election campaign characterised by the avoidance of commitment to any principle that might cost
votes, the Bishops' advice
avoided bagging particular political parties and enunciated broad humane criteria to guide voters. It could have offered more.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- 06 July 2010
Jesuit Refugee Service Australia says Labor's new policy
on asylum seekers should be focused on the protection of vulnerable
people rather than the elimination of people smugglers.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Catherine Marshall
- 18 August 2009
5 Comments
One night 11 years ago I joined members of a local police commando to report on a mission to intercept Mozambique refugees travelling into South Africa. It is easier to 'tolerate the intolerance' in under-resourced, refugee-deluged South Africa than in Australia.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Sacha Bermudez-Goldman
- 21 April 2009
9 Comments
If we regard asylum seekers as illegals who burn boats to force themselves on us, we might choose to close our doors to them. Rather than criminals, we should regard them as human beings in great need, deserving our respect and compassion.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- David Holdcroft
- 18 October 2007
David Holdcroft SJ is director of the Jesuit Refugee Service.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Danielle Vella
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
Last week, a local Jesuit Refugee Service coordinator in Sri Lanka was killed when his van was blown up by a mine in rebel-held territory, as he was delivering aid to displaced people and orphans. Typically the army and Tamil Tigers blamed each other for the blast, and we are unlikely to discover the truth.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Peter Hosking
- 17 May 2007
Peter Hosking SJ is a former East Timor country director for Jesuit Refugee Service.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Kent Rosenthal
- 17 May 2007
Kent Rosenthal returned from an assignment in Haiti with the Jesuit Refugee Service, to complete a six-month placement with Jesuit Communications in Melbourne, in 2006.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Bryan is a Jesuit from Melbourne who was ordained in 2003. He has worked in East Timor and the Philippines. Last year he was in Darfur, and is presently in Northern Uganda working for the Jesuit Refugee Service.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Georgina Pike
- 17 May 2007
Georgina Pike is the Information and Advocacy Officer for the Jesuit Refugee Service (Australia). Her work involves project development, communications, publications and advocacy on policy issues that affect asylum seekers in Australia. She has studied English Literature and Law and lives in Sydney.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Beth Doherty currently works for Caritas Australia, the international aid and development agency of the Catholic Church. She has worked in Cambodia with the Jesuit Refugee Service, is a freelance writer for Jesuit Communications, and a former assistant editor of Eureka Street.
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