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Tom McIlroy (AFR) speaks with Essam Mahmoud, who has been living in northern NSW with his family since they arrived in August. The Syrian family have been supported by a group of local volunteers, working as part of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP). Register here to attend on Wednesday 11 January...
Watch this webinar by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) that explores social supports for humanitarian migrants. Presented by John De Maio (AIFS), Hemavarni (Varni) Doma (Monash University), Andrea Shepherd (South East Community Links) and Community...
At the core of community refugee sponsorship models around the world is an understanding of Community Supporter Groups as independent, self-directed, self-governed and trusted knowledge holders in their own regions. Thus this Guidebook is not intended to be...
At the core of community refugee sponsorship models around the world is an understanding of Community Supporter Groups as independent, self-directed, self-governed and trusted knowledge holders in...
Listen to the segment ABC reporter Sabra Lane speaks with Lisa Button about the new community sponsorship pilot being delivered by Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA). This program is...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and...
Interested in finding out more? Our public information session allows you to better understand community sponsorship and what's involved in participating in the Community Refugee Integration and...
This guidebook is for Community Supporter Groups involved in CRSA’s Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP). As part of the Community Supporter Group’s (CSG’s) role in supporting...
Listen to CRSA's Shabnam Safa in conversation with Finding Hope podcast host Georgia Free. "When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last year, Shabnam Safa watched on with more trepidation than most....
This guidance letter and the templates that accompany it have been written to assist groups of volunteers in NSW involved in programs coordinated or supported by Community Refugee Sponsorship...
Listen to Maggie Patterson of the 'Urban Monk' community support group in Goulburn as she discusses her motivations behind joining the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)....
Are you interested in supporting newly-arrived refugees? Our programs require forming groups of five or more adults in the same geographic area. Follow these tips for spreading the word and finding...
Rachel Mealey (ABC News) covers the arrival of Syrain refugees Essam Mahmoud, Douaa Mardini and their two children through the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), in the...
Watch this webinar by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) that explores social supports for humanitarian migrants. Presented by John De Maio (AIFS), Hemavarni (Varni) Doma (Monash...
CEO Lisa Button joins Sarah Dingle to discuss how the new Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot, 'CRISP', gives the Australian public an opportunity to get involved in a growing global...
This briefing is written in the context of the recent launch of Australia’s new Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), funded by the federal government and publicly...
Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA) launched the government-backed Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) in mid 2022. CEO Lisa Button sits down with ABC News...
"Refugees in urgent need of resettlement have touched down in Australia under a new pilot program that relies on the support of local community groups. The program will allow Australians to form a...
Ruby Cornish (ABC News) reports on the first refugee families to arrive through the new pilot program, 'CRISP' (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot). "We'll be there really to help...
The Al Daoud family were forced to flee their home country of Syria six years ago. After years of life in a refugee camp in northern Iraq, they have finally landed in Australia through the Community...
The program will allow Australians to form a group to welcome a refugee household to their area, helping them to settle in their new home. The scheme is modelled on a Canadian scheme that has...
Refugee families fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar are touching down in Australia this week. But instead of arriving as strangers to a new country, they'll be met by community support groups...
Refugee families from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar start arriving in Australia this week to be welcomed by local communities who are writing a ground-breaking new chapter in our nation’s refugee...
“I fled Afghanistan with my family one year ago, when the Taliban took over the government. It was very strange in Australia - everything was new and there were a lot of challenges! I had been...
Hanh Truong brings her lived experience of seeking asylum in Australia to the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) program. In the Warrandyte Diary, she describes her journey...
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles marks the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on ABC Radio National, discussing Australia's humanitarian pathways and the potential of community sponsorship. "(T)he...
Finding housing is one of the most important steps towards preparing to welcome a newcomer household. It can also be one of the most daunting! This factsheet aims to help Community Supporter Groups...
A refugee family will be welcomed into the Bass Coast Shire later this month thanks to the incredible efforts of a local community group that's part of the Community Refugee Sponsorship Integration...
"We think that we’re a really welcoming community. And we need to welcome people into the community." Sylvia Davey is part of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), and will...
This document aims to help you think through insurance and any risks relating to your participation in the CRSA's programs. CRSA has secured umbrella insurance policies which will cover active...
'Now I have some friends here, and whenever I face a problem, I can go to them' The Australian Women's Weekly follows the journey of families from Kabul, Afghanistan and Mariupol, Ukraine in this...
Watch a recording of this online event celebrating CRSA's new community sponsorship program, the Community Refugee Integration & Settlement Pilot (CRISP). Hear from those with lived experience...
Do you want to help a refugee family in a practical, meaningful and satisfying way? Finally, everyday Australians have an opportunity to sponsor and welcome refugee families into their local...
Hear about what is involved in the new Community Refugee Integration & Settlement Pilot in this radio interview featuring CRSA's CEO Lisa Button on Adelaide's Coast FM with Rob McLennan
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