Finally - you can now sponsor and welcome the next refugee household to arrive in Australia Notification from the Refugee Council of Australia You may have seen recent news coverage…
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Fundraising Dinner 13th Sept, 2022
13th September, 2022 at the Hellenic Club in Woden.
Tickets $75
Proceeds go to : CRS, Companion House and St Vincent de Paul
Submission to DHA Discussion Paper: Next steps to improve Australia’s settlement and integration of refugees
The vital role that refugee-led organisations play in the settlement journey needs to be recognised, supported and funded. Specific funding should be set aside to strengthen refugee-led organisations and to…
CRS 2022 Scholarship Recipients Announced
Nilofar Ibrahimi is a recipient of the 2022 CRS Geoff McPherson Scholarship Awards Each year CRS awards scholarships to students from a refugee background who are studying in Canberra. The…
‘I want to normalise hijab wearing’: WA’s newest Labor senator on making history
Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent @msmarto Tue 21 Jun 2022 03.30 AEST https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/21/i-want-to-normalise-hijab-wearing-was-newest-labor-senator-on-making-history When Fatima Payman takes her seat in the Senate in July, she will make history as the…
The research is in: Australians support refugees
Samantha Freestone | 20 June 2022 at 3:11 pm The research is in: Australians support refugees - PBA (probonoaustralia.com.au) Aussies strongly support refugees, according to two separate pieces of research that were…
Awer Mabil’s journey from refugee camp to the World Cup is the stuff that dreams are made of
ABC Radio Adelaide / By Daniel Keane https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-15/awer-mabil-from-refugee-camp-to-world-cup-socceroo/101151676 The family of Awer Mabil has known both heartbreak and exquisite elation, and the events of early Tuesday morning (Australian time) emphatically fall…
Struggle to keep Asylum Seekers from Homelessness
By Miriam Webber Updated May 24 2022 - 6:18pm, first published 5:30am https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7750210/agencies-struggle-to-keep-asylum-seekers-from-homelessness/?cs=14264 Community agencies say they have pitched in on rents for some 20 families seeking asylum in order…
REFUGEE WEEK 19 – 25 JUNE 2022 – Fundraiser
The Parish of Manuka Refugee Support Team invites you to participate in the 2022 Refugee Week activities. OUR FUND-RAISING MOVIE NIGHT 6pm Wednesday 22 June 2022 ‘LIMBO’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O--8AuuhgA A Syrian…
Ayaan – a short film
Written and directed by Alies Sluiter When a refugee encounters an indigenous man on a remote Australian beach, she must decide whether to trust him, or journey on alone. Best…