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One man’s journey
PRECEDE Salvation Army Lieutenant Dit Chokeun fled war-torn South Sudan for a new life in Australia. The transition to life in a new country tested…
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Souls of generosity share the spirit
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GENEROUS acts are being performed for asylum seekers on a daily basis by full-time volunteers like Friends of Refugees member Sri Samy.…
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New workers are blooming
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FINDING a job hadn’t exactly been a bed of roses for Sudanese-born asylum seekers Eisa and Muhummad. That was until the pair…
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Shocked by self-harm
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SEVERAL well-publicised suicides and self-harm incidents among Tamil asylum seekers have shocked Eelam Tamil Association Victoria into action. President Param Paramanathan presents…
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Numbers won’t add up
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DAVID Spitteler has been an avid collector of statistics since opening his volunteer-run Asylum Seekers Centre 16 years ago. He says the…
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Burning to help
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park Fire Brigade has welcomed more than 20 new members from multicultural backgrounds in recent weeks. In a CFA first, the…
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Melting pot of cultures
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS HOW’S this for a snapshot of Dandenong? Take Muslim and Christian refugees from Sudan and South Sudan, Jewish volunteers, and an Indian…
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The need for work
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TALK to any charity worker in Greater Dandenong – they’ll tell you that giving work rights to asylum seekers would solve many…
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Refugee data plan
By NARELLE COULTER A DATABASE to centralise and co-ordinate community assistance for refugees and asylum seekers will be one idea put forward at a special…
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Legal access denied: claim
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A PROMINENT asylum-seeker lawyer has accused the Federal Government of deliberately denying legal access to asylum-seekers. Greg Barns, asylum-seeker spokesman for Australian…
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AMES, above and beyond
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MIGRANT settlement service AMES has gone above and beyond its portion of government funding to activate house-bound and bored asylum seekers. Some…
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Advice from employers
YOUNG jobseekers can get advice from employers at a forum in Dandenong next month. The South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN) will hold…
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