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Submissions

- Submission to the Consultation on the 2002/2003 Migration and Humanitarian Programs
- Submission to the Consultation on the 2001/2002 Migration and Humanitarian Programs
- Submission to the Consultation on the 2000/2001 Migration and Humanitarian Programs
- Submission to the Consultation on the 1999/2000 Migration and Humanitarian Programs

Submissions to the Senate

- Review of Migration Regulation 4.31 B (RRT $1000 Fee) (2003)
- Senate inquiry into a certain maritime incident: the so-called ' children overboard' incident and 'the Pacific Solution' (2002)
- 'Migration Legislation Amendment (Further Border Protection Measures) Bill 2002
- Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Special Benefit Activity Test) Bill 2002
- Joint Standing Committee - Migration Bill No.2 (2000)
- Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children... (2000)
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Senate Committee inquiry into the Operation of Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program (1999)


Conference Papers

- Conference Outcomes form the Refugee Convention - Where to from Here? University of New South Wales from 6th - 9th December 2001. The draft was forwarded to the UNHCR for the Ministerial Meeting, Geneva.
- UNHCR - Ministerial Summit, December 2001 - to commemorate the signing of the 1951 Refugee Convention on the Status of Refugees. Ministerial reports are available at the UNHCR web site - 'News'
 
- 'Building Bridges' Conference (2000)
 

Policies

- Response by Minister Philip Ruddock to the ACBC Statement on Refugees and Asylum Seekers with Comments by the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Officer (pdf) (2002)
- People Smuggling Position Paper (February 2000)
- Background Paper on Asylum Seekers in Australia (1999)
- Position Paper on Asylum Seekers (1999)
- ACMRO response to One Nations Immigration policy (1998)

Statements

- Bishop's Statement on Refugees and Asylum Seekers (2002)
- Statement on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference - May 2000

Media Releases

- 30 July 2003
Bishops welcome acceptance of refugees from Nauru and Manus
 
- 24 June 2003
Bishops support Family Court declaration that the detention of children is illegal
- 6 March 2003
Catholic Church body urges Senate to let East Timorese stay
- 18 February 2003
Catholic Archbishop calls on Ruddock to let the East Timorese stay
- 5 December 2002
Changes to Immigration Detention - an important first step
- 26 June 2002
Church Agencies Speak Out for Victims of Torture
- 26 March 2002
Australian Bishops speak out on Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- December 2001
Reputation for generosity has been 'Shattered'
- 30 November 2001
Australian Catholic Bishops Give Support to International Cooperation in Helping Refugees and Asylum seekers
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30 August 2001
A statement from the Bishops' Committee for Migrants and Refugees on the plight of asylum seekers on the Tampa


- 31 August 2001
Tampa's Innocent Pawns in a Messy Game
- 30th August 2001
A Statement by the Bishops' Committee for Migrants and Refugees on the Plight of Asylum Seekers on the Tampa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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