East Timorese Asylum Seekers Visa

To:  The Prime Minister of Australia

We, the undersigned, are concerned for the welfare of asylum seekers of East Timorese background. Many of these people have lived in our community for up to ten years, their children go to school here, they work beside us in our work places. They have integrated well into our society and live peacefully among us. They are family people and many of them are aged with close family ties here. Most of them have nothing to return to in East Timor – no homes, no jobs, no security and no hope of financial support from impoverished family and friends.

In acknowledgement of the persecution and suffering they endured before leaving East Timor, and their commitment and contribution to the Australian community since coming here, we request the intervention of the Minister for Immigration to grant them permanent residency in Australia on humanitarian grounds by means of a special Visa.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The East Timorese Asylum Seekers Visa Petition to The Prime Minister of Australia was created by Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office, Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, East Timor Culture Centre, Justice and Peace Promoter Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Mercy Refugee Service, Australia East Timor Association, Edmund Rice Centre, NetAct, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice & Peace Centre, Josephite Justice Network, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Justice Group, Dominican Sisters Concord, Pax Christi Australia (NSW), Centre for Cultural Research UWS, Inner West Refugee Action Network and written by Josephine Mitchell and Susan Connelly.  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no express or implied endorsement of this petition by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. The petition scripts are created by Mike Wheeler at Artifice, Inc.  For Technical Support please use our simple Petition Help form.

Send this to a friend