100 Refugees resettled
Years of separation ends as Operation Not Forgotten marks 100th arrival
The number of refugees resettled in Canada as part of RCOA’s Operation Not Forgotten (ONF) partnership has now passed 100, with the arrival in Vancouver of Umme and Safima, the wife and 13-year-old daughter of Nurul Amin.
It was the first time Nurul met his daughter as he had been separated from the family since before she was born, having spent years in detention in Nauru prior to his resettlement to Canada in October 2023.
A partnership with MOSAIC in Vancouver and Ads Up Canada Refugee Network, ONF began in 2019 to provide an independent and community-funded sponsorship pathway for refugees detained on Nauru and Manus Island left with no resettlement options. Since 2021, MOSAIC has welcomed 75 refugees who previously spent years in detention and 26 family members they have been separated from for more than a decade.
Government repays ONF travel loans after four years of lobbying
After four years of advocacy, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has secured a major win for refugees resettling in Canada under Operation Not Forgotten (ONF). ONF is a partnership between Australians and Canadians to provide private sponsorship to Canada for refugees who were detained on Manus Island and Nauru and have been left with no viable resettlement option.
The Department of Home Affairs has reimbursed travel loans for 99 refugees resettled in Canada after years in offshore detention.