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New refugee sponsorship programme soon to be rolled out


Hisham Al-Zarzour recommends the Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS) programme having come to New Zealand under the pilot, in 2018. Photo: Stuff / Pool


When Hisham Alzarzour got the call that he had been selected for a pilot resettlement scheme which would see his family settled in New Zealand, he jumped at the chance.

"To be honest, I will say yes if they will tell me any country. I thought first just to say 'Yes, please'," he said.

Hisham and his wife were living in Jordan at the time, having fled Syria after the war broke out.


Read the full story here:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/voices/audio/2018818234/new-refugee-sponsorship-programme-soon-to-be-rolled-out


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