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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Global migration crises come under scrutiny

18 June 20150 comments

The growing numbers of migration crises facing the international community are symptoms of a long line of brutal conflicts...

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French films illuminate global refugee tragedy

18 June 20150 comments

French cinema is receiving international acclaim for increasingly highlighting the struggles of immigrants and refugees...

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Civil war victim finds peace in helping others

18 June 20150 comments

Like thousands of her compatriots Eunice Kaye had her peaceful, humble life shattered by the brutal and bloody civil war...

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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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