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Working to enable Australian communities to sponsor refugee settlement

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The problem

Globally, 65 million people are now forcibly displaced – including more than 22 million refugees. We need countries like Australia to step up and support these people.

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The solution

We know that Australians have big hearts, and welcome people from all over the globe. We’re simply asking for a system that allows that generosity to flourish, and welcomes refugees into our communities.

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You can help us make a difference. Join the movement to show that our community is willing to welcome refugees.

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Friday December 12th, 2019 As world leaders prepare to meet in Geneva next week for the first ever Global Refugee Forum, 65 community groups across Australia have launched an open pledge to support an affordable, inclusive community refugee sponsorship program in Australia. The Australian Government has committed to review the […]

65 Community Groups Launch Open Pledge to Support Refugee Sponsorship …

Today, the Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) has welcomed the release of the review report, Investing in Refugees, Investing in Australia, as well as the Australian Government’s response. The review of Australia’s integration and resettlement of humanitarian refugees, led by Peter Shergold AC, has recommended the introduction of a place-based […]

Shergold report recommends place-based community sponsorship

New research by Anthea Vogl, Khanh Hoang and Asher Hirsch published in the Canadian journal Refuge sheds a light on the history and development of sponsorship in Australia. Australia’s Private Refugee Sponsorship Program: Creating Complementary Pathways Or Privatising Humanitarianism? View article online here. This article provides the first history and critique of […]

New Research on Australia’s Private Refugee Sponsorship Program

Uniting Church WA supports a whole-of-community approach to resettling refugees The Uniting Church WA (UCA WA) calls for a compassionate and generous refugee sponsorship program; supporting the introduction of a new Community Refugee Sponsorship model to assist refugees to resettle in Australia. At the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Synod […]

Uniting Church WA calls for a compassionate and generous refugee …

The Sidney Myer Fund has agreed to provide significant anchor funding over the next three years to support the work of the Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) in its mission of establishing a Canadian-style community refugee sponsorship scheme in Australia.   Lisa Button has led CRSI since its launch in […]

New funding for Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative, honouring the Sidney …

Today the Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) launched a new vision for an expanded and improved community sponsorship scheme at a community summit in Melbourne.  The CRSI vision will allow ordinary Australians and community groups to sponsor and welcome refugees to Australian communities at minimal additional cost to the taxpayer.  […]

Media Release: A new vision for community refugee sponsorship …

15 January 2019 SUBMISSION: AUSTRALIA SHOULD FOLLOW IN FOOTSTEPS OF CANADIAN COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP MODEL The Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) is urging the Australian Government to consider its community sponsorship model as an innovative way to compliment Australia’s current refugee and humanitarian program – inspired by the leading Canadian example. […]

Australia should follow in footsteps of Canadian Community Sponsorship Model

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