From Pilot to Permanence. In August 2022, the first families were welcomed to Australia under a groundbreaking new program, the Community Refugee Integration & Settlement Pilot - or the CRISP. On 1 July 2026, after many more joyous airport arrivals and with the...
After leaving their home in Venezuela, Luisana and Ana spent five years in Peru waiting for their new lives to begin. As refugees in a same-sex relationship and without the protection of citizenship, they feared for their safety. Then the messages from Australia...
It started with a snake at the door and dumpling making sessions, an indication that a local group’s decision to welcome a refugee family into their community would be nothing short of adventurous....
Ballina local, Sue Milne, had created a life centred around community and connection, but she’d never experienced it like this before. With a bunch of friends and neighbours, Sue formed a support...
“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...
I’ve been wanting to do something like this for years and years! I was walking my dog on the beach and I ran into a woman, who had a family with her. I asked if the kids would be OK with the dog,...