Nine Christian leaders were arrested after hosting a prayer vigil at the Minister for Justice’s office. They were part of ‘Love Makes A Way’ and were protesting over the deportation of 267 people to detention camps in Nauru. Most of the people were seeking asylum and medical treatment in Australia and 30 of them were babies born in Australia to refugee mothers. But Australia has worked hard to deter refugees. ‘No-one should be detained on Nauru, where there is no functioning hospital – it would be particularly cruel to rip children out of classrooms and send away these 37 babies born on Australian soil,’ said Love Makes a Way spokesperson Kate Leaney. The Christian leaders occupied the office to pray and to appeal to Justice Minister Michael Keenan so that he might stand for freedom from oppression for people seeking asylum in Australia. 10 churches have offered to take in the asylum seekers.