Juan arrived in Australia to a stocked pantry and kind faces. The government pilot that allowed it is here to stay, too.

by | Feb 25, 2025 | Posted to: News | Tags: , , , , , Originally published by: The Guardian

Ben Doherty at the Guardian wrote about the announcement that the CRISP will become a permanent feature of Australia’s humanitarian response:

“Meeting [the group] is something we will never forget: they welcomed us with banners and a hug that conveyed a lot of trust and confidence that we would be fine.”

The federal government will announce Thursday morning that the pilot program which brought the Santamarias to Australia – the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) – will now be made a permanent part of Australia’s humanitarian migration program.”

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