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

April 2014

Long-term youth jobless rate triples (Illawarra Mercury)

14 April 20140 comments

The number of young people facing long-term unemployment has tripled since the global financial crisis, according to a new...

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Government to give no protection for Manus riot inquiry witnesses (SBS)

10 April 20140 comments

The Australian Government won’t offer protection to asylum seekers who testify at an upcoming Senate inquiry into riots...

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Refugees to be resettled on Nauru within the next month: Morrison (ABC)

10 April 20140 comments

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the Australian government will cover the costs of asylum seekers to be temporarily...

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Westmeadows short film reveals challenges of life for migrants with mental illness (Herald Sun)

10 April 20140 comments

LESS than four minutes is all it takes to have your voice heard, as Maria Dimopoulos found out. The Westmeadows...

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