Refugees in urgent need of resettlement will be supported by local community groups under a new pilot program aiming to guide new arrivals.
The Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot will enable community supporter groups to assist refugees to access accommodation, local orientation, education and government services.
Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA) trains and deploys community groups under the program to help refugees needing urgent resettlement, as identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
CRSA CEO Lisa Button lobbied alongside several non-government organisations and charities for more than four years to establish the program, approved by the Morrison government late last year….