Eastern Community Legal Centre has celebrated the launch of our new Multicultural Policy. The policy takes steps to make sure ECLC is welcoming and responsive to all culturally diverse communities that live in the Eastern region.

CEO Michael Smith stated “We are committed to providing an excellent legal service for the entire community and that includes newly arrived refugees and migrants. We especially want to build trust and learn what their legal needs are.”

As part of this process, ECLC spoke to members of newly-arrived communities. One person they spoke to arrived in Australia two years ago as a refugee from Chin State in Burma. He was persecuted by the military junta because he was a Christian. He told ECLC that it is important that the legal centre and his community “have a good, interrelated understanding of each other, like friends or family.”

Mr Smith said “We welcome anyone to contact our free legal service. If you think your English isn’t very good, we can provide an interpreter. And if we can’t help with your specific legal issue, we will refer you to someone who can.”

If you are newly arrived in Australia and think you may have a legal problem, please contact us.

ECLCs new Multicultural Policy is available for viewing here.

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