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

November 2014

Sunday explainer: Refugees and the great legal run-around (Canberra Times)

23 November 20140 comments

Australia again changed the settings on its humanitarian refugee intake last week, cutting out people who claim asylum via...

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Refugee now helping others acknowledged in Western Australia’s Youth Awards (ABC)

11 November 20140 comments

A teenage refugee from Afghanistan who left his family in search of a better life and is now supporting other...

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Geneva grilling (ABC Lateline)

11 November 20140 comments

Australia’s immigration policies have been questioned by the UN committee against torture, which has demanded answers...

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Greece is the word for new migrants (Canberra Times)

11 November 20140 comments

A second wave of migrants escaping the Greek economic crisis has brought much-need skills to Melbourne and and inspired...

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