As at 30 June 2022 there were 32.5 million refugees in the world. There is a critical global need for complementary pathways - or safe and regulated avenues for persons in need of international protection that provide for a lawful stay in a third country where they...
Surf Coast Times: Refugee family arriving in Aireys soon
Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees (AIRAR) have rallied their community to come together around a refugee family soon to arrive to the region. Under the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), the "Bring Them Here" project will see the...
ABC RN: Refugee sponsorship creates a win-win
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...
Finding Hope as a Teenage Refugee: Shabnam Safa speaks with Georgia Free
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....
The Byron Shire Echo: A new life in Brunswick Heads for Syrian refugees
Ballina Region for Refugees are supporting local community members to join the new Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) and welcome refugees to the area. One group, Ocean...
ABC Illawarra: Members of new community refugee support program describe their experience, “Nothing but sheer joy”
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)....
ABC News: Refugee resettlement program offers hope of easing Australia’s crippling labour shortage
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...
ABC News: Watch CEO Lisa Button discuss the new community sponsorship program on news special, ‘Displaced’
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...
Briefing: Community sponsorship can address skills shortages by expediting refugee employment
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...
ABC News: Ros Childs Interviews CRSA CEO Lisa Button
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...
ABC News NSW: New community-led resettlement program provides year-long support to arriving refugees
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...
SBS News: Displaced by war, a family had been dreaming of Australia for years. They’ve finally arrived.
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...
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