SSI celebrates Refugee Week in Coffs Harbour

Lisa Steward, SSI Community Engagement Coordinator

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Refugee Week is an annual activity in Australia to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. Refugee Week originally celebrated in 1986, it coincides with World Refugee Day 20 June. Lisa Steward is Settlement Services International (SSI) Community Engagement Coordinator for Coffs Harbour area. We speak to Lisa about the event and the refugee community in Coffs Harbour in particular the newly resettled Yazidi refugees.



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