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REFUGEES Last updated May 2015

It is night.

You have packed only what you can carry.

It is unsafe for you to stay where you are.

You must move quickly.

You don’t know what the future will hold.

You know you may never be able to return.

Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia

You travel at night, avoiding the main roads.

You eat what you can find.

You travel in constant fear.

After days or weeks of walking you arrive at a refugee camp.

Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services

The camp is crowded.

Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis/ CLMC J. Khoury

There is never enough food or water to go around.

You cannot work.

You may be here for months.

Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

You may be here for years.

Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services / Neil Deles

Imagine if it were YOU.

FACTS There are many reasons people are forced to flee their homes: War Persecution Famine Violence Natural disasters Fear

A person uprooted by conflict will remain displaced for an average of 17 years. Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas

More then 16.7 million people around the world have been forced to flee their home and their country. Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

It is also estimated that there are more than 33 million internally displaced people in the world. Photo credit: Caritas Australia

10 million people are considered ‘stateless’: that is, they have no country that recognises them as citizens. Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia

CARITAS AUSTRALIA’S RESPONSE Caritas Australia is the Catholic agency for international aid and development. With your support we are able to work with refugees and internally displaced people, helping people rebuild their lives and future by providing:

Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas Water and sanitation

Photo credit: Ryan Worms / Caritas Internationalis Health programs

Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas Psychosocial Support

Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas Agriculture

Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia Education

Photo credit: Laura Sheahan / Caritas-ACT Livelihoods

Photo credit: Caritas Australia Food

Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis God of Hope, We pray that refugees never lose hope of finding a more secure future.

Photo credit: Joseph Mirgichan / Caritas Australia We pray that refugees will encounter an outstretched hand of welcome.

Photo credit: François Therrin We pray that refugees will experience fraternal solidarity and the warmth of friendship.

Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services We pray for those devoting their lives to helping refugees, that they will find strength in your love.

Photo credit: Oliver White/ Caritas Australia We pray for ourselves, that we will recognise Jesus Christ in those whom seek refuge.

Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis We pray for justice and an increasing commitment to peace, the indispensable condition for all authentic progress. Amen

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