What should an Australian ‘face of mercy’ look like to a refugee arriving in our Country?
The face of mercy to a refugee arriving in our country does not only have one, but multiple faces, therefore enabling us Australians to portray mercy in numerous and simple ways. Mercy is the action of showing kindness towards everyone and anyone without limitations, these actions can include showing compassion, forgiveness, love and so forth. To us Catholics, Jesus is the “face of mercy” as quoted from John 1:1 “Jesus Christ is the face of the father’s mercy”. He has illustrated mercy throughout his whole life as shown in the bible, demonstrating it through his actions towards people around him, strangers and even sinners. Mercy can be displayed through …show more content…
Out of the 2.45 million refugees that were recognised or resettled, Australia gave assistance to 0.48% (11,756) of the majority. This may be seen as only a small portion, but this has significantly changed each of those individual’s lives. Based on UNHCR also known as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Australia takes greatly more refugees than the others per capita basis. But bear in mind that the UNHCR only manages less than 1% of the refugees globally. The contributions from each and every country to the UNHCR is not a fairly great amount when perceived in comparison to the overall number of refugees presented, therefore we as Australians need to help and unite in order to greatly impact these refugees lives. It does not matter about the country’s prosperity in terms of economics, population or area, we all need to stand together in order to help and protect those who needs us, and in this we show …show more content…
For instance, it was said that some detention centres for refugees have been cruel. Some of them were reportedly abused verbally and physically by the guards, both old and young. This already interferes with the human right to “not to be subjected to arbitrary detention, torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. The centres are even surrounded by fences with barbed wires, this implies that they still don’t have freedom, that they’re still caged waiting for something beyond their control. Is this how people should treat those who came for help? people who just came across devastating events, people who were hoping for a better and safer life, people who did absolutely nothing to deserve such treatment. They are not just refugees, they are human, therefore should be treated humanely, treated like any other Australians or in fact any other
The face of mercy to a refugee arriving in our country does not only have one, but multiple faces, therefore enabling us Australians to portray mercy in numerous and simple ways. Mercy is the action of showing kindness towards everyone and anyone without limitations, these actions can include showing compassion, forgiveness, love and so forth. To us Catholics, Jesus is the “face of mercy” as quoted from John 1:1 “Jesus Christ is the face of the father’s mercy”. He has illustrated mercy throughout his whole life as shown in the bible, demonstrating it through his actions towards people around him, strangers and even sinners. Mercy can be displayed through …show more content…
Out of the 2.45 million refugees that were recognised or resettled, Australia gave assistance to 0.48% (11,756) of the majority. This may be seen as only a small portion, but this has significantly changed each of those individual’s lives. Based on UNHCR also known as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Australia takes greatly more refugees than the others per capita basis. But bear in mind that the UNHCR only manages less than 1% of the refugees globally. The contributions from each and every country to the UNHCR is not a fairly great amount when perceived in comparison to the overall number of refugees presented, therefore we as Australians need to help and unite in order to greatly impact these refugees lives. It does not matter about the country’s prosperity in terms of economics, population or area, we all need to stand together in order to help and protect those who needs us, and in this we show …show more content…
For instance, it was said that some detention centres for refugees have been cruel. Some of them were reportedly abused verbally and physically by the guards, both old and young. This already interferes with the human right to “not to be subjected to arbitrary detention, torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. The centres are even surrounded by fences with barbed wires, this implies that they still don’t have freedom, that they’re still caged waiting for something beyond their control. Is this how people should treat those who came for help? people who just came across devastating events, people who were hoping for a better and safer life, people who did absolutely nothing to deserve such treatment. They are not just refugees, they are human, therefore should be treated humanely, treated like any other Australians or in fact any other