Refugees & asylum seekers - Religion - Year 10 - Catholic Social Teaching - LibGuides at Saint Patrick's College, Campbelltown

Books from the College Library

Refugees: Why seeking asylum is legal and Australia's policies are not (Wheelers ebook) by Jane McAdam & Fiona Chong
Call Number: Wheelers ebook

ISBN: 9781742241852

Publication Date: 2014
Refugees: Migration to Australia by William Day
Call Number: 325 DAY

ISBN: 978-1-925630-11-4

Publication Date: 2017
Asylum Seekers and Immigration Detention by Edited by Justin Healey
Call Number: ISS N&C

ISBN: 978-1-922084-03-3

Publication Date: 2013
Human Rights In Australia by Edited by Justin Healey
Call Number: ISS N&C

ISBN: 978-1-925339-58-1

Publication Date: 2018

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The Catholic Church teaches that anyone whose life is threatened has the right to protection. Whether because of persecution, armed conflicts, natural disasters, or economic conditions that threaten their lives or physical integrity. It is the element of persecution, threat or danger, or being forcibly displaced that gives rise to a right to seek asylum rather than to migrate through ordinary channels...continue reading...

Useful links

Australian Human Rights Commission - Asylum seekers and refugee
Australia has obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a visa.
Australian Government - Asylum seekers and refugees: what are the facts?
Australia has a long history of accepting refugees for resettlement and over 800,000 refugees and displaced persons have settled in Australia since 1945. There is a difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee—asylum seekers are people seeking international protection but whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined.
Australian Red Cross - Refugee and asylum seeker facts
In the past decade, the number of people displaced from their home has almost doubled, from 41 million to 79.5 million. Red Cross Red Crescent works with these people all over the world: in the places they flee from, the places they pass through, and the places they arrive.

Video - Despite humanitarian visas, refugees barred from Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions

Video - Australia ends Papua New Guinea controversial asylum detention

References

References

ABC News (Australia). (2021, July 12). Despite humanitarian visas, refugees barred from Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions: ABC News [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/2hrWcxXJlV4

BBC News. (2021, October 6). Australia ends Papua New Guinea controversial asylum detention - BBC News [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/gD729UmRR6U

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