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JRS Responds to Budget Speech |
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Jesuit Refugee Service has welcomed changes to the Australian Government’s policy on refugees announced in the recent budget, but has called for further reform of the system. Announced in last night’s budget were a number of changes to policy, including the abolition of temporary protection visas, a feasibility study on the refurbishment of Villawood IDC and the extension of the Community Care Pilot which looks to the needs of people with complex cases and recognises that immigration issues are linked with welfare, housing and other questions, and the lifting of the quota of refugees, with a one-off increase of 500 new places in 2009, and a permanent increase of 750 places in 2009/10.
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Climate change: who pays the price? |
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While decades have been spent debating the causes of climate change, little attention has been paid to addressing its effects. And those effects are being felt now.
Following the successful Jesuit Lenten Series held in Melbourne and Sydney, JRS Associate Director, Dr Maryanne Loughry, has spoken out about the impacts of climate change on the people of Kiribati. As reported in The Age on the weekend, rising sea levels have contaminated and destroyed arable land in Pacific nations such as Kiribati. Life will soon become untenable, and the Pacific region must soon accommodate unprecedented numbers of refugees.
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International: message from Fr Peter-Hans Kolvenbach SJ to JRS |
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Outgoing General of the Society of Jesus, Fr Peter Hans Kolvenbach SJ, expresses his hope and support for the work of JRS. Fr Hans Kolvenbach SJ oversaw the beginnings and the development of JRS, and has seen it become the diverse international organisation it is today.
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Rudd Government Ends ‘Pacific Solution’ |
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The Jesuit Refugee Service Australia congratulates the Rudd government on their decision to dismantle the Howard Government’s offshore processing regime, known as the ‘Pacific Solution’.
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