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Council stands with Sri Lanka – By Jonty Ralphsmith and Cam Lucadou-Wells Source:dandenong.starcommunity.com.au Greater Dandenong Council is supporting an Australian foreign aid peak-body’s call for $10 million in Federal funds directed to Sri Lanka during its economic crisis. The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) believe the funds will help prevent a humanitarian disaster as the South Asian island country faces foreign debt, inflation and instability. At a meeting on Monday 11 July, the council decided to write to the Federal Government requesting that Australia protects Sri Lankans in Australia and provides humanitarian aid. The money being requested would go directly to the people, with Australia one of several countries being called upon by the United Nations to assist the situation. Seven out of the nine councillors in attendance agreed that Australia should grant Sri Lankans humanitarian refugee status immediately, more than the annual quota; not send Sri Lankans back ...