Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group - BMRSG

Who We Are
We are a diverse group of ordinary Australians from all sides of politics, living just outside Sydney. The organisation has no specific religious affiliation. We are all volunteers.

Our Aims & Objectives
To encourage positive attitudes to refugees in the community and at all levels of government.
To welcome, befriend and assist refugees facing uncertain futures, in detention and in the community.

What We Offer
Practical, emotional and financial assistance for refugees and to encourage positive attitudes to refugees in the community and at all levels of government

Our Story

Young Supporters Spotlight

Prize winners in the BMRSG/RAR Poster and Video Competition

First Prize winner; Maslen Varnel, Vincent Rummery, Kasper Ekstrom from Kindlehill High School

Joint Second Prize winner; Lucy Bell for The Final Wave from Kindlehill High School

Joint Second Prize winner; Anna Andrew, Stella Grieve and Hannah Royal for Our Story from Kindlehill High School

- 15TH JANUARY 2021
Messages of welcome and gifts of love spread out across Sydney
The Youth Shoebox Project has just completed its 5 year and delivered a record breaking 407 shoeboxes of gifts and messages of welcome to refugees and those seeking asylum across western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
Each shoebox contains something to love, something to play with, something for school, something for personal hygiene and other age-suitable goodies. The project is facilitated and supported by the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group and local youth disability service, Able2.
- Pat Rayner
- Stories
- 30TH NOVEMBER 2020
Prize-Winners in RAR/BMRSG National Video and Poster Competition 2020
Empathy, outrage, compassion and fellow feeling come through loud and clear in entries from school students in the Video and Poster competition run by BMRSG and Rural Australians for Refugees.
Messages like “Shine a light on the darkness”, “Struggle is real”, “It could be you“, “this could be your tomorrow” show a depth of heartfelt humanity and an understanding of the impact of our countries’ current policies on both refugees and people seeking asylum and on our nation’s soul.
Prize winners announced. Congratulations all.
- Pat Rayner
- Advocacy

- 8TH NOVEMBER 2020
Strengthening the Character Test Bill – What Can You Do?
In the next sitting of Parliament, the Coalition intends to bring on a vote on the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019. The Bill has passed the House of Representatives and is now before the Senate.
While framed as a simple adjustment to the Migration Act 1958 (the Act), the Bill, if passed into law, would increase the number of people in immigration detention and facing removal from the country.
Both Labor and the Greens recommended the Bill be rejected, after a Senate Inquiry was warned of its dangers. The passage of the Bill now depends on the vote of unaligned Senators.
Contact your Senator.
- Pat Rayner
- Advocacy
- 9TH JULY 2020
Results of the BMRSG Autumn Raffle
Congratulations to the winners of our Autumn Raffle 2020 Making a Difference.
- Pat Rayner
- Fundraising

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