Posts Tagged ‘Annual refugee quota’

Refugee quota increase puts pressure on mental health provider

Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

Māngere Refugee Centre’s mental health support service is under pressure as it faces an increase in demand and an expected influx in coming years. While news of the refugee quota increase from 1000 to 1500 in 2020 and the offer to resettle 150 refugees per year from Australian offshore detention has been welcomed by advocates, Read more

Wellington’s Anglicans and Catholics ready to welcome 1st refugees

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

In September last year, Wellington’s Anglican and Catholic Bishops asked the Red Cross how they could help the Syrian refugees coming to New Zealand. They were asked to kit out homes, and people have been giving from right across the region. So far religious groups in the lower North Island have gathered household supplies for Read more