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

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June 2023

Did the fall of Kabul spark the war in Ukraine?

1 June 20230 comments

The war in Ukraine may not have happened if the US had not abandoned Afghanistan, a recent seminar on the...

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May 2023

Ukrainian refugees find jobs in the EU – report

31 May 20230 comments

Displaced Ukrainians have been successfully finding employment in the EU after fleeing Russia’s invasion of their...

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UK migration hits record high

31 May 20230 comments

New figures show the UK’s net migration reached a record 606,000 in 2022 despite Brexit and a decade of successive...

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US asylum system under pressure

31 May 20230 comments

Title 42, the Trump-era border control measure brought in during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been lifted by the US...

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