Call for Compassion for Asylum Seekers – Brigid Arthur csb

Following the tragic fire in a Springvale bank at the end of last week, Brigidine Sister, Brigid Arthur, Co-ordinator of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project in Melbourne has called for compassion for all involved.

In the following link she outlines some of the difficulties and pressures that asylum seekers in Australia are required to endure.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/springvale-bank-fire-asylum-seekers-lives-precarious-say-advocates-20161120-gstexl.html

For information about the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Projects and some of the ways you could be involved in offering support to refugees and asylum seekers click on the following:

http://basp.org.au/about-us/