South West Action
for Refugees Inc.
South West Action
for Refugees Inc.
1. Supporting current detainees [Letter Writing Pack (Word format) here]
Convening leaders - Gillian Blair, Trish Houghton, Dorothy Rooney, Patricia Vagg, Sue Day (Secretary)
2. Changing community attitudes & political policies (CCAPP)
Convenors - John Morton and Sharon Homberg
3. Assisting holders of protection visas [Mission Statement (Word format) here]
Convenor - Ann Ryan
Extended to supporting all of the asylum seekers who have any less than the permanent protection visas (PPVs). It was noted that the people who are denied even temporary protection visas (TPVs) but are given so called bridging visas, are in many ways in a far more desperate position even than those on TPV.
4. Hamilton regional group
Secretary - Richard Street