REFUGEE COUNCIL CALLS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP PROCESS OF RESETTLING SYRIAN AND IRAQI REFUGEES
18th February, 2016 The Refugee Council of Australia has called on the Federal Government to act with more urgency in resettling 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq. The call follows news that while Canada has reportedly resettled more than 20,000 refugees in less than half the time it’s taken Australia to resettle just 26 while, […]
A “startling increase” in displaced in northern Syria, says World Vision, as fallout continues over missile attacks on a school and hospitals
There has been a “startling increase” in the number of people displaced from their homes in northern Syria in recent days, according to World Vision, which supports a hospital in the region which was among those impacted by bombings earlier this week. The organisation said yesterday that more than 62,000 people had been displaced in […]
ON THE SCREEN: RISEN, AN INTRIGUING LOOK AT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH ROMAN EYES
DAVID ADAMS finds Risen a great film to watch in the lead-up to Easter…