Refugee Destitution
About 19,000 refugees and people seeking asylum will lose their jobs during the pandemic and 14,000 could become homeless. The federal budget will mean another cohort of refugees and asylum seekers will lose income support, leaving them destitute and dependent on charities, with state governments left to pick up the pieces: >HERE.
See how you can help the organisations working to support vulnerable people like Refugee Advice and Casework >HERE, Asylum Seekers Centre >HERE and Jesuit Refugee Service >HERE.