Government agrees to cover travel debts for refugees sponsored to Canada. By Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA)

After years of lobbying from the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA), the Department of Home Affairs has paid AU$264,000 (CA$233,864) to cover the travel loans paid or owed by refugees sponsored to Canada after years of detention on Nauru and Manus Island.

Government agrees to cover travel debts for refugees sponsored to Canada. By Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA)