Amnesty welcomes the new pilot scheme and the improved Community Sponsorship program.
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Open letter to Immigration Minister Alex Hawke: Improve refugee community sponsorship in Australia
All over Australia, communities say they want to welcome and help people rebuild their lives. We can do more!
Advocates deliver almost 30,000 signatures to Minister Tudge for a fairer community sponsorship program
Advocates of a fairer community sponsorship program will on Thursday December 17 handover 30,000 signatures supporting reform to the program to welcome more people into our communities. The signatures will be handed over at Acting Minister for Immigration, Alan Tudge’s electorate office in Wantirna South, Melbourne. A review into the current model is due to …
Submission: Review of Australia’s Community Sponsorship Program
Australia can and must do more to address the global refugee crisis. Particularly in the wake of the recent Federal Budget, which cuts 5,000 places from our humanitarian intake each year over the next four years. A better program will enable communities to come together to support more people seeking safety to build their lives …
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What’s the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker?
Do you know the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker? The most common refugee terminology explained. Asylum seeker An asylum seeker is an individual who is seeking international protection. In countries with individualised procedures, an asylum seeker is someone whose claim has not yet been finally decided on by the country in which …
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Wagga Wagga group take #mynewNeighbour to the public
Wagga Wagga group take #mynewneighbour to the public Long-running regional group Wagga Wagga based in the town of Riverina played centre stage to the launch of #mynewneighbour last week. The group who are committed to the protection of refugees are leading the charge in their community for alternative pathways and a fair go for refugees. The group’s passionate …
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My New Neighbour: How We Won in the ACT
By Johanna Larkin and Jill Moran Johanna is studying Law and Arts at the ANU and convenes the ANU Amnesty International Group Jill Moran is a policy expert and long time activist for women’s rights and human rights issues, based in the ACT Last week, Amnesty International ACT achieved an enormous win for the national …