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Whether it is an organised walk around the neighbourhood, learning how to use a computer, or spending some time with others nurturing a garden and orchard – the Wandana Community Centre at Gilles Plains offers plenty of activities to bring together a wide cross section of residents.
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Catholic Religious Australia has written to the Prime Minister and to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs urging the Government to show mercy towards asylum-seekers and refugees who are suffering needlessly by calling for their immediate release.
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Since relocating to the Kilburn Parish Hall in September, the Vinnies Migrant and Refugee Centre has assisted more than 150 families and individuals on bridging visas.
Refugees transferred to Australia from Papua New Guinea and Nauru for medical reasons, including 30 people living in community detention in Adelaide, have been given three weeks’ notice to find a job and a place to live.
Refugee advocates have welcomed Senator Jacqui Lambie’s decision to block the Federal Government’s legislation which, if passed, has the power to ban mobile phones from immigration detention centres.
A Sri Lankan refugee who spent the last 11 years in detention has been given a visa and freed from detention following a campaign led by a South Australian Sister of Mercy.
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