# Roundup: Asylum seekers, Sri Lanka, sustainable alternatives, Middle East

> “I could see the death in front of me” — listen to the hair-raising reality of seeking asylum in Australia. Two ship-wrecked asylum seekers cheat death, make a daring escape, and now face the wrenching choices of a life in limbo.

22 October 2012 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-asylum-seekers-sri-lanka-sustainable-alternatives-middle-east/

## [How much would you risk to start a new life in Australia?](https://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/how-much-would-you-risk-to-start-a-new-life-in-australia/412/)

“I could see the death in front of me” — listen to the hair-raising reality of seeking asylum in Australia. Two ship-wrecked asylum seekers cheat death, make a daring escape, and now face the wrenching choices of a life in limbo.

## [Why Tamils still flee war-ravaged Sri Lanka](https://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/17/why-tamils-still-flee-war-ravaged-sri-lanka/)

Politics can drive many false claims about refugees, among them the notion that suffering and persecution ends after a war officially concludes.

## [Indigenous theologians look to a sustainable future](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17153)

“Indigenous peoples, in spite of their debilitating experiences of discrimination, displacement and disempowerment, have sustainable alternatives to many of the world’s problems.”

## [Life for Christians in the Middle East worsening, assembly hears](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17149)

Life for Christians in the Middle East has “never been worse” and their future is acutely endangered, according to the leader of an evangelical church fellowship.