Communities step up: private groups ready to cover costs and support refugees to Australia
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#5HNY4)
Advocates welcome government consideration of reforms to help community groups sponsor refugee resettlement
More than 20 community groups are prepared to immediately begin privately sponsoring refugees to Australia should the federal government approve a new program modelled on a Canadian policy.
Some 42,000 people have signed a petition in support of the proposal and 40 councils and local governments are backing it.
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