Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Migrant jobs at risk from AI – analysis

31 August 20260 comments

Migrants in Australia are among the most vulnerable to losing their jobs to the roll out of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, a new analysis has found.
An AI Industry Impact…

Read Full Article

Nahid’s story – one woman’s epic journey from statelessness to service

31 August 20260 comments

Nahid Kazemi spent ten years struggling to survive in Malaysia as stateless refugee after fleeing Iran. Earlier, her family had fled their home in Afghanistan because of war.
She grew…

Read Full Article

Painting provides healing and happiness

5 August 20260 comments

Cancer, spinal surgery and long-term unemployment have failed to dampen the dreams of Thai migrant Chattraporn Suwantevakup.
Between 2019 and 2022, Chattraporn, 62, underwent intensive treatment for follicular lymphoma, including…

Read Full Article

Finding the sweet spot – how a refugee rebuilt his life

30 July 20260 comments

Aghan refugee Hafiz Kamali has overcome being targeted by the Taliban, having little English language and almost no knowledge of commercial practice in Australia to start a business and…

Read Full Article

Refugee convention marks 75 years under existential threat

30 July 20260 comments

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, which was created in the wake and amid the wreckage of World War II to help people fleeing…

Read Full Article

World Cup stars inspiring young refugees

16 July 20260 comments

In the first week of the current tournament Nestory Irankunda became the youngest player to score for Australia at a World Cup.
He was one a record nine refugees taking…

Read Full Article

- December 1999

August 2014

Media Release: Asylum seeker wins national poetry prize

29 August 20142 comments

A 12-year-old school girl who arrived in Australia just a year ago as an asylum seeker and first encountered the...

Read More

Asylum seeker wins national poetry prize

29 August 20143 comments

Twelve-year-old Maryam Sathat Sobhani has been in Australia just a year and first encountered the English language just two...

Read More

Mentors encourage refugee kids to apply for university places (SBS)

29 August 20140 comments

For many students, university is the ultimate goal. But often, refugee kids miss out because they find Australia’s...

Read More

Who I am: asylum child and poet of repute (The Australian)

29 August 20140 comments

FARAWAY corners of this wide brown land are not unfamiliar to 12-year-old Maryam Sathat Sobhani. She has been detained...

Read More