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“A movement for ordinary Australians who want both sides of politics to hear us when we say we believe we can do better than we are currently doing when it comes to managing kids seeking refuge.” Bryan Brown.
Free services for eligible refugees, asylum seekers and humanitarian entrants to New South Wales, Australia
“A movement for ordinary Australians who want both sides of politics to hear us when we say we believe we can do better than we are currently doing when it comes to managing kids seeking refuge.” Bryan Brown.
If you are interested in refugee and migration law issues, please sign up for your free membership with AFFMA here.
We are an approved organisation by MARA and we need volunteer migration agents! Please contact us if you are willing to help out. Remember that for every 3 hours pro bono work, you will get 1 CPD. We will also start offering face -to-face CPDs from 2015.
Our AGM is scheduled for the end of February / early March 2015 and we are looking for committed people to be on the AFFMA board for 2 years. You could nominate yourself or nominate someone else who must accept the nomination.
The role of President and Vice-President are reserved for pro bono migration agents only. All other office bearers are open for everyone. Click here to start your application.
Every year thousands of people around the world migrate to other countries searching for a better future. Some of them have gone through unthinkable atrocities and being at home is not an option anymore. Their stories have a common trait: sorrow.
Migration Officer and Acting President for the Association of Fee Free Migration Agents Sydney (AFFMA) Joël Gédéon finds it hard to avoid getting emotional when talking about the many cases that regularly come to his desk.
A former teacher, Gédéon, originally from Paris, started his journey 11 years ago when he came to Australia for a holiday. Influenced by his partner, Gédéon applied for permanent residency that was granted three weeks later due to the shortage of teachers in Australia at the time.
But this traveller was not prepared to settle in Australia yet. For a couple of years, he lived in Thailand and Malaysia where he had the chance to get involved, and work with, refugee charity organisations.
In 2009, Gédéon returned to Australia where he became a migration agent. He never imagined what destiny held for him and the impact he would have on other people’s lives.
Read more at http://megaphoneoz.com/?p=9274
The Association of Fee Free Migration Agents, Sydney, Inc. (AFFMA) is a not-for-profit organisation set up to offer pro bono migration services for refugees, asylum seekers and humanitarian entrants.
AFFMA has recently secured a lease for a permanent office in Newtown and is open to the public.