Investment in accommodation alone is not sufficient to help women who are new to Australia safely escape domestic and family violence, according to a community organisation that supports refugees and other newcomers to Australia.
Read more: Most vulnerable domestic violence victims falling through the gaps
Seven projects supporting refugee communities in south-west Sydney have received a boost from not-for-profit Settlement Services International’s (SSI) $50,000 Community Innovation Fund.
Read more: SSI funds seven more projects to support refugee communities
Settlement Services International joins refugee and human rights advocates, football associations and concerned citizens around the world in calling for Thai authorities to immediately release Bahraini refugee Hakeem Ali al-Araibi and allow him to return to Australia.
Read more: SSI calls for Thai authorities to release Bahraini refugee
People born in a non-English speaking country have similar rates of disability as other Australians but are about half as likely to receive formal assistance.
Read more: CALD disability needs overlooked by mainstream services
Settlement Services International is among 34 organisations, including civic society peak bodies, international NGOs, community groups and faith-based organisations, signing a public letter calling on the Federal Government to adopt the Global Compact on Migration (GCM).
Read more: Why Australia must adopt the Global Compact on Migration
Leading Queensland multicultural organisation Access Community Services Limited (Access) has today merged with Settlement Services International (SSI).
Read more: SSI and Access merge to support people and communities
Settlement Services International (SSI) has joined calls from ACOSS and others in the community sector for the Senate to vote against a bill that will make migrants wait up to four years to access social security.
Read more: SSI urges Senate to oppose migrant welfare bill and protect vulnerable communities
Settlement Services International (SSI) joins the Refugee Council of Australia and the 50,000-strong Hazara community in Australia in calling on the Australian Government to act quickly before the Taliban commits more atrocities and displaces more Hazara men, women and children in Afghanistan.
Read more: SSI calls on government to help secure safety of Hazaras
Settlement Services International (SSI) welcomes NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s appointment of an expert panel to develop a population policy for NSW, especially if it brings balance, fact and data on Australia’s migration program and ensures Australia’s successful multicultural social fabric and community cohesion are not undermined.
Read more: Population Review needs to be balanced and sensitive to community cohesion
Western Sydney University Chancellor Professor Peter Shergold, who was announced on NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian’s three-member panel to develop a NSW population policy, addressed a global delegation at the International Metropolis Conference in Sydney yesterday.
Read more: Shergold to take an evidence-based approach to NSW population policy
I came to Australia as a refugee in 2009, hoping to find a peaceful place to build a home for my family. Increasing persecution of the Hazara community from which my family and I come meant that our native land, Pakistan, was no longer the safe haven it once had been.
