Australian Christian Lobby welcomes Government response to Syrian crisis
Posted on September 9, 2015
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Here’s a media release from the Australian Christian Lobby:
9 September 2015
The Australian Christian Lobby today welcomed the federal Government’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis with the allocation of 12,000 additional places for asylum seekers. …
“ACL believes that assistance should be based on human suffering. Naturally the most needy groups are religious minorities like Christians, Yazidis, Mandeans and others. We support including these groups in the allocation, not merely because of their religion, but because of their need” Mr Shelton said.
Related: Syrian crisis ‘too great to be ignored’ – Archbishop Davies (06 Sept 2015)
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