Cheyne Anderson reports on the CRISP program and Community Supporter Group, Manlygees, as they welcome new arrivals to Sydney Airport. Read the full article below. Read the article here
Surf Coast Times: Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees
The Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees celebrates 10 years of supporting refugees and asylum seekers both independently and through the CRISP program. The article writes on AIRAR's slight shift in focus from advocacy and policy to more practical support for...
ABC News: It’s only been six months, but these Syrian refugees are thriving on the NSW central coast
The Al Daoud family arrived in Gosford in August 2022 under the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP). Despite the two children, Elinor (8) and George (10), having never been to...
Advocacy for new measures: write to your MP
It has been truly encouraging to see ongoing support for the CRISP across the political spectrum, with leaders from the LNP and ALP to the Greens and independents supporting the program. But the...
Midland Express: Ranges ready for refugees
"Kyneton is at the forefront of places in the Macedon Ranges likely to soon become home to a family of refugees currently living in a camp overseas" Two groups in Central Victoria are preparing to...
Australian Financial Review: Refugees helping to solve skill shortages in regional areas
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,...
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...