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…
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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…
Some refugees on temporary protection visas will now have access to permanent residency
Amy Remeikis and Ben DohertyMon 13 Feb 2023 06.32 AEDTFirst published in the Guardian Australia on Mon 13 Feb 2023 01.00 AEDT Nearly 20,000 refugees will soon be able to…
Refugee Council welcomes lifting of restriction on refugee family reunion.
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/refugee-council-welcomes-lifting-of-restriction-on-refugee-family-reunion/
Calvary Hospital Refugee Mentoring Program Graduate
Muhammad Qayum, an Afghan refugee supported by CRS, recently graduated from the Calvary Hospital Refugee Mentoring Program. Muhammad and his wife, Sharifa, arrived in Canberra just over a year ago and have embraced…
In Australia’s severe rental crisis, asylum seekers are increasingly desperate for a place to live
The Guardian Australian - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/14/in-australias-severe-rental-crisis-asylum-seekers-are-increasingly-desperate-for-a-place-to-live Each week about 150 people are coming to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in housing distress, but only 40 can be accommodated. Asylum seekers in…
Delays in current processing of onshore asylum claims may allow people to lodge claims with no merit and stay in Australia for years
Excerpt from the Refugee Council of Australia Submission to the ‘Migration System for Australia’s Future’ Discussion Paper Australian Government statistics reveal that 70% of the 96,371 people in the onshore…
Labor to allow 19,000 refugees to stay permanently in Australia from early 2023
Paul Karp@Paul_KarpTue 20 Dec 2022 18.42 AEDT https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/20/labor-to-allow-19000-refugees-to-stay-permanently-in-australia-from-early-2023 The Albanese government will, in early 2023, allow 19,000 refugees to stay permanently in Australia, granting them rights to social security and…
Hardly anyone is getting off Nauru!
‘Hardly anyone is getting off’: despite Labor’s promises, refugees needing urgent medical care remain on Nauru The Guardian Ben Doherty @bendohertycorro Sun 18 Dec 2022 06.00 AEDT An Afghan refugee…