Better pathways to permanence for refugees in Australia draws Anglican support
[The Melbourne Anglican] Anglicans are being urged to stand with asylum seekers and refugees calling for better pathways to permanency in Australia. Many have been in limbo in Australia for more than a decade because they were subjected to a “fast track” refugee determination process that denied them protection.
Hundreds of refugee activists have camped outside government and ministerial offices in capital cities across Australia for weeks in protest against visa insecurity.
Melbourne diocese Social Responsibility Committee and Bishop Philip Huggins are advocating compassionate pathways to permanency for refugees after the federal government scrapped the fast track system in July. They said many asylum seekers were mentally, emotionally and spiritually traumatized, and financially disadvantaged under the system because of the uncertainty it cast over their lives.
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