Police from the South Brisbane District hosted a welcome BBQ recently for over 50 refugees from Syria, Tibet and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The event was part of an interactive presentation coordinated by the Multicultural Development Australia. This initiative was a fantastic opportunity for participants to understand core life skills for settling here in Brisbane.
The newly arrived had the chance to engage with local police officers and police liaison officers and ask questions that they would normally have not had the chance to ask in their respective homelands. In turn, senior police representatives and liaison officers had the chance to talk about the great work of the QPS in building stronger communities.
Multicultural Development Australia’s Settlement Life Skills Orientation Trainer Belinda Aldridge helped coordinate the lunch and sees the positive impact these interactions with police at early stages of settlement have on newly arrived Queenslanders.
“Some of our clients have had bad
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