Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar Joint Defence Facility Nurrungar (JDFN), located on the edge of Island Lagoon, approximately 15 km south of Woomera, South Australia, was an Earth station in Australia operated jointly by the Australian Department of Defence and the United States Air Force from 1969 through to 1999. Its official area of emphasis was space-based surveillance, in particular the early detection of missile launches and nuclear detonations using U.S. Defense Support Program satellites in geostationary orbits. The name "Nurrungar" derives from an aboriginal term meaning "listen". During the Cold War the site was crucially important to America's defences, being
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom help refugee and asylum-seeking youth both in London, where many refugees are concentrated, and throughout the UK. Blackburn Young Refugees provides mental and emotional support services to young refugees and asylum seekers in Blackburn. New Londoners works in several capacities with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The program as a whole serves as an advocacy and support group for young asylum seekers, while its Supported Option Project provides advocacy and legal support specifically to UASC who have problems with their immigration status. New Londoners also operates a Destitution Project for young asylum seekers at risk of destitution or who are already destitute.The