Working to enable Australian communities to sponsor refugee settlement
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
The Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative celebrates the commitment to 5000 community sponsored refugee places announced by Federal Labor Leader, Bill Shorten in Adelaide.
Community sponsorship was highlighted on Tom Ballard’s (satirical) Tonightly Show on the ABC! The segment highlights the amazing success of the Canadian program and asks why we in Australia are lagging behind?