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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January 2014

Obama administration to shake up US immigration

3 January 20140 comments

US immigration is set to undergo radical reform as President Obama prepares to deliver on his first term election...

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Afghan refugees harassed in Pakistan and Iran

2 January 20140 comments

Members of Melbourne’s large Afghan community are concerned over warnings from the United Nations and human rights groups...

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December 2013

Forty years of multiculturalism

19 December 20130 comments

It is 40 years since former Labor immigration minister Al Grassby first uttered the word ‘multiculturalism’ in a speech...

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Population snapshot reveals diversity

18 December 20130 comments

Almost six-and-a-half million people living in Australia, or 28% of the population, were born overseas – an increase of...

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