Essay: Love All – Djokovic’s courts and the fickle privilege of the spotlight
MEREDITH WRIGHT, of Baptist World Aid Australia, says the case of Novak Djokovic has shone a renewed light on those held in Australian immigration detention…
Essay: The double-standard we accept
MEREDITH WRIGHT, of Baptist World Aid Australia, reflects on Australia’s “confounding” immigration policies…
Immigrant facing deportation leaves US church sanctuary
Amherst, Massachusetts, USAP A Guatemalan man has left the Massachusetts church he lived in for more than three years to avoid deportation after being granted a reprieve from federal immigration officials. Lucio Perez stepped out of the First Congregational Church in Amherst on Saturday. Rev Margaret Sawyer, of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, a local […]
End in sight?: Immigrants in sanctuary in US churches hope Biden offers relief
PHILIP MARCELO, SOPHIA TAREEN and JIM SALTER, of Associated Press, reports on the plight of those who have been living in church sanctuary to avoid deportation – and their hope things will change under new US President Joe Biden…
Birth on a riverbank: Woman’s ordeal shows risks at US border
NOMAAN MERCHANT, of The Associated Press, reports on the story of one Honduran woman who gave birth while crossing the US-Mexican border as increasing numbers of parents and children make the same journey, driven by violence and poverty in Central America and growing desperation in migrant camps in Mexico…
Australia urged to offer migration safety valve as climate pressures Pacific
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As climate change drives more disasters and displacement in the Pacific islands, Australia should relax its immigration policies to allow easier movement of people that would shore up regional security and support its economy, researchers said. Allowing threatened islanders more opportunities to live and work in Australia, when necessary, could save […]
More than 300 faith leaders call on Trump, Republican delegates to change immigration policies
Washington, DC RNS More than 300 faith leaders have signed a letter addressed to delegates to the Republican National Convention and President Donald Trump demanding the commander in chief end immigration policies they argue are “inhumane”. “Our sacred texts challenge us, first and foremost, to love our neighbor, and welcome the sojourner among us,” the letter reads. […]
ESSAY: USING CHURCH DISCIPLINE ON ERRANT POLITICIANS SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
US commentator on politics and religion, JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says a decision by members of the United Methodist Church in the US to sanction member, Attoney General Jeff Sessions, risks “weaponising church discipline for all manner of political fights”…