Refugee advocate wonders why we’re so unkind. By Katarina Lloyd Jones, Canberra City News

AT 78, Jane Keough wonders how she could get to a stage of her life when “my country is not kind and not fair and not open”.

Sister Keough has spent the last 21 years advocating for the rights of refugees, with the help of her Catholic church group, the Brigidine Sisters. 

“We used to live off the sheep’s back, then we lived off the gold and minerals and now we’re living off volunteers,” she says. 

Refugee advocate wonders why we’re so unkind. By Katarina Lloyd Jones, Canberra City News