Bishop Appeals to Australian Government on Behalf of Refugees

August 30, 2001 Comments Off

CATHOLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AUSTRALIA (cathtelecom.com/news) Aug 30, 2001: The chairman of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Migrants and Refugees, Bishop Patrick Dougherty, yesterday expressed great distress that the Norwegian ship ‘Tampa’, carrying 438 asylum seekers, has been refused entry to Australia. He said that many of the asylum seekers on the ship are almost certainly fleeing persecution in their countries, and have valid claims on Australia’s protection. More details at: http://www.cathtelecom.com/news/108/127.asp