The group toured the region and were billeted with refugee advocates throughout the city.

About 25 Rohingyas will now decide whether to move from Western Sydney to Armidale.

One young Bangladeshi man has already moved to Armidale on a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa and Sanctuary Humanitarian Settlement member Robin Jones says she hopes the Rohingya will follow. 

“We’ve been wanting to help these people for a long time,” she said.

“We don’t want a deluge … we want a slow methodical intake so we can really do the right thing and settle them well.”

Armidale Sanctuary will also provide help each of the Rohingya families if they choose to relocate here.

“We don’t have a definite answer yet … but when we do, we’ll move into high gear,” Dr Jones said.

“We have done this is the past and we are very experienced.”

Each family will have two Sanctuary committee members responsible for assisting the family.

Administrator Ian Tiley said he was delighted the families were considering Armidale as their home.

“It's a humanitarian thing,” he said. “They have suffered persecution and it’s the moral thing to do and it's the right thing to do.”