Updates

Do you work with refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants who have minimal support options available to them? Baptist Care SA can help. They provide FREE emergency relief assistance to vulnerable South Australians and help meet their most urgent needs through: Food hampers Community Food Hub vouchers PBS prescriptions Bus tickets. Concession card holders including Students, Seniors, new Australians …

Hope’s Cafe has received funding to run a Connect 4 Children initiative on Tuesday mornings, 11 – 12.30pm. The  aim is to build support for refugee families with young children. Hope’s Cafe is located on corner of Portrush Road and Norwood Parade. For more information contact Alex on 0451 517 040 or email Alex.

Monica O’Wheel, Chair of Circle of Friends Australia Inc. (COFA), and other members of the COFA Management Committee, have received an invitation to sign an important petition to the Commonwealth House of Representatives concerning the administrative mistreatment of permanent residents who are former asylum seekers, and their families. Asylum seekers who have been granted permanent residence visas can sponsor spouse …

Help us to continue supporting refugee families over Christmas Warmest thanks to all our donors who have enabled us to keep going this year – you are our lifeblood. Unfortunately we need to call on the generosity of Australians once again. The Rapid Response for Refugees Circle (Circle 110) has a crucial role within the Circle of Friends Organisation to …

Over October and November this year, more than 500 Refugees and Asylum Seekers across Australia are being moved out of community detention and onto Final Departure Bridging Visas. This will give them, for the first time since they attempted to enter Australia to seek asylum in 2013 or 2014, the right to work. Yet at same time it removes all …