Ministry mingling - Star and BASP

Recently, three members of the Star of the Sea Living Justice team attended a meeting at BASP (Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project). Below they spoke about their experience.

“ Today was really insightful. I found that listening to peoples actual stories was much more engaging and truly inspiring than just learning about it at school. I felt as if the story was more relevant to me and I could feel sympathy for these people and their struggles and hardships they face, purely for being refugees. It was truly eye-opening to see how the Australian Government do not do anything to support these people, and we heard from one particular ladies story who faced endless challenges from the Government to prevent her from achieving her dreams.”

“We heard from five asylum seekers who had really unique stories- one was from Iran, one from Ethiopia and others from Sri Lanka. I found it super interesting and powerful to hear about how they had each been treated by Australia’s Government in terms of visas, a lack of financial support and being granted or not being granted the right to work. What really disappointed me was that two of the asylum seekers are actually looking to go to Canada, because of the opportunities that the government there would provide them.“ 

Thank you to Zoe, Julia and Camilla for representing Star. #BASP #RefugeeWeek