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

Latest Articles

December 2024

Race, faith tension on the rise

18 December 20240 comments

Islamophobia and antisemitism are on the rise in Australia following recent events in the Middle East. The ABC has...

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Migrant numbers down but above government forecasts, ABS data shows

18 December 20240 comments

Migration saw Australia gain 446,000 people over the 2023-24 financial year, new data from the Australian Bureau of...

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What next for the Syrian diaspora?

18 December 20240 comments

The UN refugee agency UNHCR has called on countries to reverse a decision to pause the processing Syrians’ asylum...

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Syria now facing humanitarian crisis

18 December 20240 comments

The fall of the Al-Assad regime in Syria has triggered a humanitarian crisis in the northwest of the country, according...

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