Opinion
After years of letter-writing to MPs, protesting on the streets and, above all, listening to and supporting families shattered by a cruel immigration policy, the Circle of Friends paused last month to rejoice over the Federal Government’s decision to give permanent residency to more than 19,000 refugees.
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Church and community groups are being encouraged to become involved in a new program which will see them welcoming and supporting refugee families into their neighbourhood.
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Place-based investment is urgently needed to help Australia’s major settlement cities meet the needs of growing refugee communities, according to new research by Australian Catholic University and the Edmund Rice Centre.
It’s been five years, eleven months and three days since Ani Iskanian saw her eldest son Manoel – not that she’s been counting!
Senior students from Rostrevor College have spent a week at the Welcoming Centre at Bowden helping refugees and new migrant arrivals to get connected to technology.
A refugee’s experience of leaving his homeland and coming to live in Australia was the theme for a presentation by local author Ly Luan Le when he visited St Joseph’s School at Ottoway.
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