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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 ...

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 ...

CRS Presidents Update

CRS support Now that we are out of the holiday season and well into 2023, I thought I would take ...

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 ...

Refugee Council welcomes lifting of restriction on refugee family reunion.

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
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