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

Sector News

January 2014

Courts in crisis as Nauru sacks its only magistrate (WA Today)

20 January 20140 comments

Nauru’s justice system is in disarray and cases against scores of asylum seekers are in limbo after the Nauru...

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Angry Indonesia demands federal government suspends turn back boats policy (Herald Sun)

18 January 20140 comments

INDONESIA has demanded the federal government ­suspends its policy of turning back asylum seeker vessels and will ramp up...

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Refugee fall cited in bid to beat boats (The Australian)

16 January 20140 comments

THE government is trumpeting a sharp decline in asylum-seekers registering as refugees in Indonesia as an indicator they...

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Tennis fans fostered among new migrants (SBS)

16 January 20140 comments

As the stars of the Australian Open take centre court in Melbourne, a group of newly arrived migrants is being...

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