August 05 2009 by Matt Jones
Laurie Ferguson MP helps Australia immigration
Laurie Ferguson, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services is meeting with members of community organisations from Dawin to discuss Australian immigration.
In Darwin, the Capital city of the sparsely populated Northern Territory, a meeting is being held to discuss ways to improve the Australia visa service provided to refugees in the region.
Mr Ferguson said: “I am keen to look at how we can best support refugees to transition in Australia and to learn about their new home. Every city is different so travelling to all States and Territories is crucial.”
He continued, “By obtaining feedback from community organisations, other interested parties and refugees themselves, the consultation will help us to improve and strengthen the services”.
Large numbers of refugees move to Australia. The country is consistently one of the top three desinations in the world for refugees. With global warming and other more short term crisis set to create more refugees to Australia, this issue has needed to be addressed.
In a related meeting yesterday, the Australian Home-affairs Minister, the Australian Immigration Minister and Attorney-General Robert McCelland visited Malaysia to speak with Hishammuddin Hussein who is Malaysia’s Minister of Home Affairs.
In the recent budget, $654 million was allocated by the Australian government to tackle people smuggling and immigration issues. This high level meeting was to discuss the spending of part of that budget.
Laurie Ferguson MP helps Australia immigration
Laurie Ferguson, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services is meeting with members of community organisations from Dawin to discuss Australian immigration.
In Darwin, the Capital city of the sparsely populated Northern Territory, a meeting is being held to discuss ways to improve the Australia visa service provided to refugees in the region.
Mr Ferguson said: “I am keen to look at how we can best support refugees to transition in Australia and to learn about their new home. Every city is different so travelling to all States and Territories is crucial.”
He continued, “By obtaining feedback from community organisations, other interested parties and refugees themselves, the consultation will help us to improve and strengthen the services”.
Large numbers of refugees move to Australia. The country is consistently one of the top three desinations in the world for refugees. With global warming and other more short term crisis set to create more refugees to Australia, this issue has needed to be addressed.
In a related meeting yesterday, the Australian Home-affairs Minister, the Australian Immigration Minister and Attorney-General Robert McCelland visited Malaysia to speak with Hishammuddin Hussein who is Malaysia’s Minister of Home Affairs.
In the recent budget, $654 million was allocated by the Australian government to tackle people smuggling and immigration issues. This high level meeting was to discuss the spending of part of that budget.
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