Shepparton’s Samoan Community has a contestant in the Miss Samoa Victoria pageant – to be selected in two weeks. You can find out more on the ABC’s Pacific Mornings broadcast.
Month: July 2019
Syrian community the next to take on Culture Corner
Greater Shepparton’s Syrian community will take over the Mall from 10am-2pm, showcasing some of their traditional clothing, music, food and drinks including their much-loved kebabs and falafel wraps.
Malaysia says Australia’s immigration system encourages visa rorting
Australia’s immigration policies, including free flights home for people who overstay their visa, have contributed to a rise of Malaysians rorting the local visa system, according to the Malaysian Government. Deputy Foreign Minister Marzuki Yahya told Malaysia’s Parliament on Tuesday that Malaysians received “light punishment” for breaching visa conditions in Australia, given they were flown back without being charged for the flight.
Border Force working to stop Malaysians in ‘orchestrated scam’ to stay in Australia
Border officials are refusing entry to 20 Malaysians at Australian airports every week, to address what has been dubbed an “orchestrated scam” to gain access to the country. Malaysians can visit Australia once they have applied for a tourist visa online. Once in Australia, thousands are applying for protection visas, allowing them to stay and work during the application and appeal process.
Border Politics Film Night
Border Politics – an Australian documentary which follows Human Rights lawyer Julian Burnside as he examines attitudes to refugees and human migration patterns worldwide – will be screened in Shepparton on evening of Thursday 18 July. Julian Burnside will be present for a Q and A session.
Albury Wodonga: AfroBeat Festival 2019
AfroBeat 2019 is part of a two day festival held in Refugee Week and is supported by Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council, City of Wodonga, and the Victorian Government.
Multicultural Aged Care in Regional Victoria
The ability to access care is essential for the health and wellbeing of culturally diverse older people living in regional Victoria. The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria believes that further research is needed to assess service gaps to culturally diverse seniors in regional Victoria. A number of gaps and barriers to equitable aged care for culturally diverse older people in regional Victoria are simply unaddressed. This report summary identifies key areas and recommendations for improvements to Aged Care for Culturally Diverse residents in regional Victoria.
Know Your Roots
The Know Your Roots model and program has been identified as a tool that elicits belonging and participation, a stronger sense of worth, resilience in the acceptance-rejection parameters of legitimacy, an abiding sense of social justice and equity in the Social Cohesion through Education Program. It is an element of the Social Cohesion through Education Pilot Project.
Global refugee numbers hit 70 million
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The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict has soared above 70 million, the highest level ever recorded, according to the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR. Data from UNHCR’s annual ‘Global Trends’ report shows that almost 70.8 million people are now forcibly displaced. This is double the level of 20 years ago, 2.3 million more than a year ago, and is about as many people as there are in Thailand or Turkey.