Working to enable Australian communities to sponsor refugee settlement
As Australia begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is being urged to show bold leadership and introduce a new, affordable refugee community sponsorship program. The call comes in Refugee Week, which in 2020 is themed ‘celebrating the year of welcome’. Almost 100 community groups across Australia […]
Asher Hirsch, Khanh Hoang, and Anthea Vogl Originally published in Asylum Insight December 2019 Last month the world watched as Amirhossein Sahragard, a refugee from Australia’s offshore detention centre in Papua New Guinea, was resettled to Toronto by a group of dedicated Canadians. While the Australian Government has maintained its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]