Juan arrived in Australia to a stocked pantry and kind faces. The government pilot that allowed it is here to stay, too. By Ben Doherty, The Guardian

The federal government will announce Thursday morning that the pilot program which brought the Santamarias to Australia – the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (Crisp) – will now be made a permanent part of Australia’s humanitarian migration program.

The assistant minister for citizenship and multicultural affairs, Julian Hill, says that through the pilot program more than 500 refugees had been supported by church, community and sporting groups to settle in cities and towns across Australia.

Juan arrived in Australia to a stocked pantry and kind faces. The government pilot that allowed it is here to stay, too. By Ben Doherty, The Guardian