Settlement Council of Australia – Statement on Afghanistan – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA), the peak body for Australia’s migrant and refugee services, has today urged the federal government to increase its commitment to accepting humanitarian entrants from Afghanistan.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.