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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The Turnbull government is being urged to create an extra avenue to resettle more refugees in Australia through a community sponsorship program.