{"id":237,"date":"2012-04-05T17:28:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T07:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org\/?p=237"},"modified":"2012-04-20T17:53:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T07:53:56","slug":"help-host-asylum-seekers-through-homestay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Help host asylum seekers through Homestay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s decision to issue asylum seekers with bridging visas to live in the community while their claims are being assessed is a reform we\u2019ve waited a long time to see.<\/p>\n<p>The community sector is working hard to make these new arrangements a success. If you have a spare room in your house, here\u2019s your chance to help.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone willing to host an asylum seeker in their home for a six-week period can now register with the Australian Homestay Network (AHN).<\/p>\n<p>The AHN will provide all approved hosts with information, training, insurance and support services throughout their involvement with the AHN.<\/p>\n<p>Anticipated costs to the host in providing accommodation will be reimbursed by the AHN.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great initiative to complement the Australian Red Cross in its search for short-term accommodation support to eligible asylum seekers coming out of detention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How you can help<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Register with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homestaynetwork.org\/cpn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.homestaynetwork.org\/cpn<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Call the AHN on 1300 697 829<\/li>\n<li>Other volunteering opportunities can be explored through this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.refugeecouncil.org.au\/getinvolved\/volunteer.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.refugeecouncil.org.au\/getinvolved\/volunteer.php<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Essential reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community detention facts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.immi.gov.au\/media\/fact-sheets\/83acommunity-detention.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.immi.gov.au\/media\/fact-sheets\/83acommunity-detention.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australian Red Cross involvement in assisting asylum seekers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org.au\/community-detention-program.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.redcross.org.au\/community-detention-program.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s decision to issue asylum seekers with bridging visas to live in the community while their claims are being assessed is a reform we\u2019ve waited a long time to see. The community sector is working hard to make these new arrangements a success. If you have a spare room in your house, here\u2019s your chance to help. Anyone willing to host an asylum seeker in their home for a six-week period can now register with the Australian Homestay Network&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[50,51,24,49],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-help-refugees","tag-australian-homestay-network","tag-australian-red-cross","tag-bridging-visas","tag-homestay","post-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help host asylum seekers through Homestay - Refugee Advocacy Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\/?p=237\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adm1ncontrol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adm1ncontrol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8421c2cda9cbc056a6d7a3338507e20b\"},\"headline\":\"Help host asylum seekers through Homestay\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-05T07:28:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-04-20T07:53:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/a-just-australia1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Australian Homestay Network\",\"Australian Red Cross\",\"bridging visas\",\"homestay\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Help Refugees\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/refugeeadvocacynetwork.org.au\\\/?p=237\",\"name\":\"Help host asylum seekers through Homestay - 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