by NZ CATHOLIC staff
A grouping of social agencies is adding to calls for refugees to be sent to Dunedin.
But the Dunedin Refugee Steering Group hopes the move will go further, by encouraging the Government to also lift New Zealand’s refugee quota.
The message was delivered to Dunedin City Council on behalf of the steering group last month by Dunedin priest Fr Gerard Aynsley.
The group represented agencies including the Dunedin Refugee Support Group and the Dunedin Multi Ethnic Council and had support from churches, the Dunedin Council of Social Services and Otago Polytechnic, among others.
Fr Aynsley, speaking during the public forum at the community and environment committee meeting, told councillors the group wanted Dunedin to be considered a centre for refugee resettlement.
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