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Australia’s Catholic bishops have joined the bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in calling for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in Australia – eight years after the advent of mandatory offshore detention.
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Catholic Religious Australia has written to the Prime Minister and to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs urging the Government to show mercy towards asylum-seekers and refugees who are suffering needlessly by calling for their immediate release.
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A Sri Lankan refugee who spent the last 11 years in detention has been given a visa and freed from detention following a campaign led by a South Australian Sister of Mercy.
A steady stream of refugees and asylum seekers is coming through the doors of the relocated Vinnies Migrant and Refugee Service at Kilburn since it opened last month.
South Australian refugee advocates have raised concerns about a Commonwealth Bill that would allow the Government to prohibit detainees from having the means to effectively communicate with family and legal representatives.
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