Immigration detention - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:02:45 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Immigration detention - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Australia's inhumane treatment of refugees needs urgent attention https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/10/12/australias-inhumane-treatment-of-refugees-needs-urgent-attention/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:53:50 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=164877 Shaminda Kanapathi is a Tamil from Sri Lanka who suffered dreadfully under the Australian-run immigration detention program in Papua New Guinea. While he now lives safely and productively near Finland's capital of Helsinki, he is a prime example of why a parliamentary inquiry into this program on both the Australian mainland and offshore is needed Read more

Australia's inhumane treatment of refugees needs urgent attention... Read more]]> Shaminda Kanapathi is a Tamil from Sri Lanka who suffered dreadfully under the Australian-run immigration detention program in Papua New Guinea.

While he now lives safely and productively near Finland's capital of Helsinki, he is a prime example of why a parliamentary inquiry into this program on both the Australian mainland and offshore is needed urgently.

Support for such an inquiry, albeit with less powers than a royal commission, was formalised as ALP policy at the national conference in Brisbane in August.

It is now more pressing than ever, given the latest revelations about the inhumane treatment of refugees in PNG's capital of Port Moresby and the Australian government's claim that it is no longer responsible for their welfare.

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Australia's inhumane treatment of refugees needs urgent attention]]> 164877 Australian Border Force blocking church baptism of detention-born baby https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/11/05/australian-border-force-baptism/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:55:59 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=113492 The Australian Border Force is preventing a baby who was born seven months ago in a Melbourne immigration detention centre from being baptised in a church, according to the family and a Catholic priest. A United Nations body is now examining whether Australia is breaching its human rights obligations by holding the infant in arbitrary Read more

Australian Border Force blocking church baptism of detention-born baby... Read more]]> The Australian Border Force is preventing a baby who was born seven months ago in a Melbourne immigration detention centre from being baptised in a church, according to the family and a Catholic priest.

A United Nations body is now examining whether Australia is breaching its human rights obligations by holding the infant in arbitrary detention. Read more

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