'We're very, very careful': MPs and community groups reaffirm support for Syrian refugees after Paris atrocity

By Nicole Hasham
Updated November 18 2015 - 4:18pm, first published 3:55pm
The first four refugee families given visas for resettlement in Australia earlier this month, pictured in Jordan. Photo: Nick Miller
The first four refugee families given visas for resettlement in Australia earlier this month, pictured in Jordan. Photo: Nick Miller
Social Services minister Christian Porter says the family has undergone "the usual checks and processes". Photo: Andrew Meares
Social Services minister Christian Porter says the family has undergone "the usual checks and processes". Photo: Andrew Meares

The first Syrian refugee family granted sanctuary in Australia under an emergency intake says the nation's people are "very fair and very kind", following calls for humanitarian arrivals from the Middle East to be barred.

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