Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Refugee’s journey comes full circle

18 December 20240 comments

In 2009 Bwe Thay arrived in Melbourne as a refugee from Burma and was supported by settlement agency AMES Australia.

This week, he became a member of the… Read Full Article

Refugee family rescued from care crisis

11 December 20240 comments

A refugee family facing significant and multiple barriers to settlement have been supported to build happy, successful lives in Adelaide thanks to a collaboration between humanitarian settlement… Read Full Article

New book highlights our shared humanity

11 December 20240 comments

A compelling new book tells the inspirational stories of second-generation migrant Australians, who share their families’ settlement journeys and their own search for identity.

Titled ‘At the Heart… Read Full Article

Melbourne’s united nations of food

11 December 20240 comments

Driving into the Pacific Market at Ardeer, in Melbourne’s west, you are met with an array of flags and numerous food trucks.

Pakistani, Italian, Indian and many other… Read Full Article

Syrian community celebrates the end of Assad

10 December 20240 comments

Australia’s Syrian refugee community is celebrating the fall of the brutal Assad regime in their homeland but they also have concerns about what the future holds for… Read Full Article

Refugee family reunited after 12 years

20 November 20240 comments

When the Ahmad-Zada family were deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan earlier this year as undocumented Afghan refugees, they feared the worst.

Maryam Ahmad-Zada and her husband Habibullah had… Read Full Article

Media Releases

August 2013

Media Release: Asylum seekers struggle with high rents

30 August 20130 comments

Asylum seeker families are struggling to make ends meet because of the high cost of private rental housing in...

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Media Release: 332,080 new citizens to vote on September 7

26 August 20130 comments

More than 332,000 new Australians will vote for the first time in next week’s the federal election. These people,...

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Media Release: Migrants and refugees on the outer in Australia’s cities

22 August 20130 comments

Refugees and asylum seekers are not ‘swamping’ Australia, according to the latest State of Australian Cities report....

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Media Release: Key professional skills being wasted

6 August 20130 comments

The skills of professionally qualified migrants to Australia are going unused because they need help in overcoming...

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