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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)
	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
	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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