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 2023

UK’s Rwanda plan unlawful, court rules

4 December 20230 comments

A British government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the UK’s highest court. The...

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Traffic increasing along world’s deadliest migration route

4 December 20230 comments

The numbers of refugees making the world’s deadliest migrant journey has hit record levels with 32,000 people arriving in...

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Cate Blanchett calls out inhuman asylum policy

4 December 20230 comments

Actress Cate Blanchett has urged the European Union to adopt a more humanitarian approach to asylum policy. In a speech...

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New scheme to give refugees access to university

4 December 20230 comments

A group of Australian universities are set to launch a program to give refugees access to tertiary education. The 12...

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