assembly resolutions
Refugee Warehousing
Assembly Standing Committee, 2005
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[word.doc]
Iranian Asylum Seekers
Tenth Assembly, 2003
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[word.doc]
Uniting Church in Australia Policy Paper -
Asylum seekers, refugees and humanitarian entrants
Assembly Standing Committee, 2002
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[pdf] or download
[word.doc]
Welcome the Stranger, in the spirit of the
Year of Jubilee
Ninth Assembly, 2000
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[word.doc]
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position papers
The Uniting Church position on asylum seekers
/ refugees
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[word.doc]
Biblical and Theological Reflection
view [html] or download
[word.doc]
Human Rights and Global Solutions
view [html] or download
[word.doc]
What's wrong with current Government policy?
view [html] or
download
[word.doc]
Complementary Protection - The Way Ahead
A model from the Refugee Council of Australia,
the National Council of Churches in Australia, and Amnesty International
Australia.
Endorsed by UnitingJustice Australia.
download
[word.doc]
The Better Way - refugees, detention and australians
A document summarising the proposed alternative
to detention from the Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) network.
Endorsed by UnitingJustice Australia.
available on the Better
Way website http://www.thebetterway.info/
[external link]
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info and action resources
CALL TO ACTION: West Papuan Refugees - Human
Rights Must Be Paramount
Last updated: 13th April 2006
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[pdf]
FACT SHEET: Refugee Women at Risk
last updated: September 2005
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[pdf]
FACT SHEET: Refugee Warehousing
last updated: April 2006
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[pdf]
Say 'YES' to asylum seekers
an A4 pamphlet on what the Synods and Assembly
have said about asylum seekers and refugees
download
[pdf] or email
unitingjustice to order copies
FACT SHEET: Complementary Protection
last updated: December 2005
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[pdf]
FACT SHEET: Temporary Protection Visas
last updated: February 2005
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[pdf]
FACT SHEET: Pacific Solution
last updated: 24 February 2005
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[pdf]
Removal of rejected protection claimants
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some great ideas for action can be found at:
http://www.refugeesaustralia.org/takeaction.htm
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resources for
congregations
A Citizen's Guide to Climate Refugees
UnitingJustice Endorsed Document
Produced by Friends of the Earth Australia
link
[html]
Detention Statement
World Council of Churches, 2005
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[word.doc]
Refugee and Migrant Sunday - 28th August 2005
Christian World Service, NCCA
Resources and Education kit
http://www.ncca.org.au/cws/rdp/rms
[external link]
Factsheet for Organisers - download
[pdf]
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submissions
Australian Labor Party Caucus Social Policy
Committee
Review of ALP Immigation Policy
UnitingJustice, September 2006
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[pdf.doc]
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Same Sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry
UnitingJustice, September 2006
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[pdf.doc 58kb]
Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation
Committee Inquiry into the provisions of the
Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006
UnitingJustice, May 2006
download
[pdf.doc 97kb]
Consultations on the 2006-2007 Humanitarian
Program
UnitingJustice, February 2006
download
[pdf.doc 97kb]
Senate Constitutional and Legal Committee Inquiry into
the Administration of the Migration Act 1951
UnitingJustice and Hotham Mission, August 2005
download
[pdf.doc]
Consultations on the 2005-2006 Humanitarian Program
UnitingJustice and the Australian National Committee
on Refugee Women, February 2005
download
[word.doc]
Consultations on the 2004-2005 Humanitarian
Program
UnitingJustice, March 2004
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[word.doc]
Select Committee on Ministerial Discretion
in Migration Matters
UnitingJustice and the Asylum Seeker Project, Hotham
Mission, August 2003
download
[word.doc]
Consultations on the 2003-2004 Humanitarian
Program
NSR&J, February 2003
download
[word.doc]
HREOC Inquiry into Children in Immigration
Detention
NSR&J and UnitingCare Australia, May 2002
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[pdf file /101k]
Senate Inquiry into the Special Benefit Activity
Test Bill 2002
NSR&J and UnitingCare Australia, November 2002
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[word.doc]
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speeches, articles
and sermons
Statement on the deportation of a Uniting Church
member from Baxter Detention Centre
13 January 2005, Rev. Dean Drayton, Uniting
Church President
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[word.doc]
Asylum seekers and refugees: What does the
UCA say?
Article written by Rev Elenie Poulos for New Times
(SA Synod Newspaper) May 2002
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[word.doc]
Refugee Sunday 2002
Sermon given by Rev Elenie Poulos at Chester Street
Epping & Baulkham Hills Uniting, 25 August 2002
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[word.doc]
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media releases
2008
Uniting Church Welcomes Detention Policy Changes
29 July 2008, UnitingJustice Australia
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[pdf.doc]
2007
Uniting Church Rejects PM's Comments on
Sick Refugees
1 June 2007, UnitingJustice Australia
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[pdf.doc]
2006
Detention on Nauru: A Breach of Human Decency
7 August 2006, Uniting Church President Rev. Gregor Henderson and
UnitingJustice Australia
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Moral Courage Absent in Government Response to Asylum Seekers
13 April 2006, Uniting Church President Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
2005
Positive Steps to Recover Our Sense of Decency and Compassion
17 June 2005, Uniting Church President Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
Church Welcomes Change for a Decent
Immigration Policy,
25 March 2005, Uniting Church President Rev. Dr
Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
Removal Pending Bridging Visas - Much Ado About Nothing Much,
23 March 2005, UnitingJustice and Uniting Church
President Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
2004
Uniting Church responds to Laurie Ferguson,
in the Age, 28 October 2004
28 October 2004, UnitingJustice
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[word.doc]
Deterrence is a Failure: Uniting Church calls
for new vision for refugees
23 September 2004, UnitingJustice
and Uniting Church President Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
Stop Juggling Visas
25 August 2004, UnitingJustice
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[word.doc]
The Land of the Fair-Go has Disappeared
9 August 2004, UnitingJustice
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[word.doc]
New Hope for Refugees
13 July 2004, UnitingJustice and Uniting Church
President Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
Detention Figures Only Paint Half A Picture
06 July 2004, UnitingJustice and Uniting
Church President Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
Uniting Church call for immediate release
of children from detention
10 June 2004
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[word.doc]
Uniting Church says the abuse must end now
response to the report of the Human Rights Commission
Inquiry into Children in Detention
14 May 2004
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[word.doc]
Service or Violence at Easter? Uniting Church
condemns forced deportation of asylum seekers
8 April 2004, UnitingJustice and Rev. Dr Dean Drayton
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[word.doc]
Media releases 2001-2003
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links
National Council of Churches in Australia
National Program on Refugees and Displaced People
http://www.ncca.org.au/christian_world_service/at_work_with_refugees
Uniting Church Synods
Vic-Tas Synod [Justice and International Mission]
asylum seekers page
http://vic.uca.org.au/jawm/Asylum/asylumfront.htm
Asylum Seeker Project - Hotham Parish Mission,
UCA Vic-Tas
http://www.hothammission.org.au/
NSW Synod [UnitingCare NSW.ACT] asylum seekers
and refugees resources
http://unitingcarenswact.org.au/advocacy/asylum.html
SA Synod
http://www.sa.uca.org.au/pages/resources
[click on social issues, click on migration, refugees]
WA Synod [Social Justice and Uniting International
Mission] refugee news
http://justice.wa.uca.org.au/default.asp?id=12&mnu=12
External Links
to advocacy groups and information on asylum seekers and refugees
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