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

February 2014

Community “passport” boosts access for asylum seekers and refugees across Darebin (Herald Sun)

24 February 20140 comments

A “COMMUNITY passport” is giving asylum seekers free swimming, classes and healthcare in Darebin. Asylum seekers can...

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Tasmania’s youth jobs crisis (The Examiner)

24 February 20140 comments

TASMANIAN youth unemployment numbers have topped national figures in a scathing report released yesterday by the...

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Rallies across Australia over Manus death (SBS)

24 February 20140 comments

The death of an Iranian asylum seeker at the Manus Island detention centre in PNG has sparked demonstrations across...

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China critical of Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers (Lateline)

20 February 20140 comments

As part of a government to government discussion on human rights Beijing has criticised Australia’s treatment of...

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