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

June 2015

A year without bombs: Refugee schoolboy enjoying life in Australia (SBS)

24 June 20150 comments

In 2014 we met Noran Zahrooni, a six-year-old refugee who had just arrived in Australia from war-torn Syria, as he...

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My first week in Australia: Three refugees tell their stories (ABC)

22 June 20150 comments

From the difficulty of shopping to catching a bus, refugees speak about what it was like to settle in Melbourne...

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Illawarra celebrates its refugee community (Illawara Mercury)

17 June 20150 comments

They danced, sung and ate. But above all the TAFE Illawarra Wollongong students in the Adult Migrant English Program...

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‘We always live in fear’: Rohingya refugees speak out (SBS)

17 June 20150 comments

During World Refugee Week we speak to Australia’s Rohingya community who fear for their ‘stateless’...

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