“Like many refugees, I fled Sudan on foot with my family in 1989,” said James Atanasious, reflecting on the civil war that tore apart his homeland.  

“Unfortunately, this has sent many South Sudanese into exile to seek protection from the bad regime as refugees living in stricken conditions outside of their country.” 

James, a member of the Diocese of Parramatta’s Peace, Justice and Ecology team, was speaking at a Refugee Week celebration co-hosted by the Diocese and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) at St Patrick’s Cathedral Cloister Hall. He shared how he spent 14 years in a Ugandan refugee camp before arriving in Australia in 2004. 

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