Asylum Seekers and Refugees
CCJP Action and Advocacy
CCJP is actively promotes and advocates for a fair and justice approach to asylum seekers and refugees. Click here to read about CCJP initiatives including seminars, letters to Ministers and submissions.
Latest News
Australia votes: Tap into resources on refugee issues
Posted Apr 12, 2019
Australia's next federal election has been called for 18 May, and we expect robust debate about the country's future.This is an important time to promote durable solutions to displacement. Elections give all citizens a voice and a choice. ...more
Medical transfers from offshore processing to Australia
Posted Mar 9, 2019
What is the MedEvac legislation and what does it do? As the Prime Minister re-opens the Christmas Island detention centre, the Kaldor Centre explains the facts behind medical transfers from offshore detention to Australia. ...more
#Kids off Nauru - sign the petition
Posted Aug 29, 2018
The situation for children in detention on Nauru is bleak. Join the push to have all children and their families removed from Nauru to Australia by Universal Children's Day - 20 November 2018. ...more
Alternative Solution #WithRefugees
Posted Jun 4, 2018
There's a workable alternative to Australia's asylum policy. The bad example set by Australia is damaging a global system already in crisis. But it's not too late to change tack, write James Hathaway and Daniel Ghezelbash. ...more
Funding cuts threaten safety of asylum seekers
Posted May 4, 2018
The latest Federal Government withdrawal of financial, case work and trauma counselling support to thousands of people who are living in our community threatens their safety. The House of Welcome asks us to open ourselves to the human stories and needs ...more
Your next meal could help change lives
Posted Apr 20, 2018
Four Brave Women is a cafe initiative of The Trading Circle in Summer Hill that aims to give refugees experience over 8 weeks as cooks. The aim is for them to be able to operate and grow their own small business. ...more
10 years on - Where do we go from here?
Posted Oct 26, 2017
10 years ago, filmmakers followed Phil Glendenning as he tracked down people who were deported by the Australian Government after their claims for protection were rejected. A Well-Founded Fear is the filmed story of the search. ...more
Sydney Palm Sunday Rally photos
Posted Apr 16, 2017
Updated on Jun 22, 2017
Over 3,000 people from a broad range of organisations rallied in Sydney's Hyde Park North on a hot afternoon to demand the landing of all refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru into Australia. ...more
BREAKING: Refugee movement comes together to call for immediate evacuation of offshore camps
Posted Feb 3, 2017
Open statement calling for immediate action on offshore detention by coalition of 70 organisations ...more
Half of Australia's 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to be settled by just one Sydney council
Posted Jan 29, 2017
At least half of Australia's special intake of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees will be settled in one part of western Sydney within 12 months, prompting community leaders to plead for more federal government support to deal with the unusually high intake. Fairfield City Council, which welcomed 3000 humanitarian arrivals from the ...more