Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Diversity celebrated on ANZAC Day

30 April 20260 comments

Cultural diversity is increasingly becoming a feature of Anzac Day commemorations.
The Karen refugee community at Nhill, in Victoria’s north-east, have been integral to the town’s Anzac Day commemoration for…

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Australia’s migrant population growing and changing – ABS report

30 April 20260 comments

Australia’s overseas-born population has increased to 8.8 million, or 32 per cent of the total population, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASBS).
The latest data,…

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Teenagers show the way towards social cohesion

30 April 20260 comments

The Australia Day speeches of two schoolgirls from the northern Victorian town of Nhill are signposts to the inspiring and exemplar story of a community that had embraced diversity…

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75 years of refugee protection marked

30 April 20260 comments

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees – the cornerstone of the international refugee protection regime.
For 75 years, the convention…

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Refugee’s long journey to safety

27 April 20260 comments

Eritrean refugee Jahar Mussa Mahmud survived conscription by a brutal military regime, the harsh conditions of a notorious military camp and ten years as a refugee living precariously in…

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Supporting a thousand refugee families to find homes

17 April 20260 comments

A thousand refugee families across Melbourne have safe and secure homes thanks to the work of former Karen-Burmese refugee, Law Baw.
As a housing worker with migrant and refugee settlement…

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World Refugee Day gives pause to consider dire global problem

23 June 20150 comments

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out on city streets around the globe in support of refugees and asylum seekers...

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Refugee Week in Melbourne

23 June 20150 comments

Melbourne and the rest of the country last week saw a plethora of events celebrating positive contributions made by...

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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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EU faces test of togetherness

19 June 20150 comments

The European Union this week faces one its most important tests of solidarity; and it’s nothing to do with Greece...

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