Mount Gambier embraces Burmese seeking new life

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Side Stories | Posted by: TFA News

Resettlement of Burmese refugees in Mount Gambier is a wonderful example of how local communities and government can work together to support successful settlement, the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services, Laurie Ferguson, said today.

In Mount Gambier today to meet the Burmese community, Mr Ferguson said the 50 people, about 10 families, were mainly minority Karen people who had been driven out of Burma into refugee camps in Thailand by ethnic troubles under successive military regimes.

Source: http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/parlsec/media/media-releases/2008/lf08072.htm

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