US faith-based refugee resettlement agencies denounce new asylum rule

United States RNS Many US faith-based refugee agencies have long called for the end of the emergency health rule that allowed the government to quickly expel undocumented immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border. But now that the rule is expiring at 11:59pm on Thursday, 11th May, those same faith-based refugee agencies are denouncing the replacement rules […]
Sixty per cent of Australians unaware refugee children detained on Nauru, poll finds

Six out of 10 Australians are unaware that refugee children are being detained on Nauru, according to a new poll. The poll was commissioned by World Vision Australia which is among a coalition of humanitarian and refugee advocacy groups which recently launched a campaign, #KidsOffNauru, to have the more than 110 children on the island […]