Student Equity and Participation and Companion House invites you to join us for a special morning tea event to mark World Refugee Day When and where Date and time Wed,…
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Zerghona’s Efforts Recognised
Zerghona Jawadi from Afghanistan was among forty refugees from fourteen countries who received a 2023 education award from Canberra Refugee Support (CRS.) Zerghona is from the Hazara minority group, which…
A refugee’s very hard road to Canberra and freedom | Refugee Week 2023
By Steve Evans June 19 2023 - 5:30am https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8232229/refugees-hard-road-to-canberra-and-freedom Zerghona Jawadi knows about struggle. She arrived in Canberra just under 20 years ago, a refugee from the horrors of Taliban-controlled…
How Canberrans and ACT organisations help refugees | Refugee Week 2023
By Steve Evans June 19 2023 - 5:30am How Canberrans and ACT organisations help refugees | Refugee Week 2023 | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT There are a host…
Last goodbye – Fundraiser for Dhuha
CRS has been supporting Dhuha over the past few years on her journey to have her claim for asylum accepted. That journey has taken a toll on her health and…
Budget provides no answers on Government’s plans for refugee program
The 2023-24 Federal Budget has left Australians with no answers about the Albanese Government’s plans to act on its commitment to expand the Refugee and Humanitarian Program or to reverse…
Palm Sunday Rally: Refugees – Permanent Visas for ALL
Canberra Garema Place, 2nd April 2023 https://refugeeaction.org/20230309/palm-sunday-rally-refugees-permanent-visas-for-all/ For many years, people across Australia have rallied in support of refugees on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter. But why Palm Sunday?…
Request for donations for the 2023 Geoff McPherson Education Awards Program
Each year Canberra Refugee Support offers Education Awards to refugee students through the Geoff McPherson CRS Refugee Education Awards Program (previously called the Geoff McPherson CRS Scholarship Program). This program…
Important Information about the End of TPVs and SHEVs
Published by the Refugee Council of Australia On 13 February 2023, the Albanese Government announced that it would end the cruel and unnecessary policy of temporary protection. This means that…
CRS Presidents Update
CRS support Now that we are out of the holiday season and well into 2023, I thought I would take the opportunity to give you a fairly comprehensive update on…