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Socceroos powered by refugees

16 June 20260 comments

Three Socceroos currently representing Australia and the World Cup arrived in Australia as refugees.
Nestory Irankunda, 20, Mohamed Touré, 22, and Awer Mabil, 30 all came to Australia as refugees.
They…

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Human displacement remains at record levels – UNHCR report

15 June 20260 comments

Human displacement remains at a record high despite a slight drop in the numbers people forced to flee their homes, according to a new report from the UN’s refugee…

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Migrant, refugee communities growing anxious over Iran war, cost-of-living and migration narratives – survey finds

2 June 20260 comments

Levels of anxiety are rising among emerging refugee and migrant communities in Australia because of the conflict in the Middle East, increasingly negative political narratives around migration and the…

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Exclusive – New global database aimed at helping stateless people

19 May 20260 comments

A new world-first legal database has been created to help stateless people achieve positive human rights outcomes, including residency and citizenship.
The ‘Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness’ has been established…

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Afghan baby evacuee becomes an Aussie citizen

14 May 20260 comments

The first baby born among the cohort of Afghan refugees who were airlifted out of Kabul and resettled in Australia following the return to power of the Taliban in…

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Victorian 2026-27 state budget supports multiculturalism

7 May 20260 comments

Despite rising debt and increasing economic uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East, the 2026-27 Victorian state budget has delivered significant support for multiculturalism and multicultural communities…

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March 2026

Iran war exacting rising humanitarian toll

20 March 20260 comments

Almost 2000 people have been killed and a million households displaced in Iran so far as a result of the...

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‘Invisible shipwrecks’ claim hundreds of migrant lives

20 March 20260 comments

Hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe have disappeared in shipwrecks on the Mediterranean Sea this year, human rights...

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Melbourne’s Multicultural Hub has supported a million people

17 March 20260 comments

Melbourne’s Multicultural Hub has welcomed its one millionth program participant. The millionth person to engage with the...

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Trump accused of race hate

17 March 20260 comments

US President Donald Trump and other US political leaders have been accused of using “racist hate speech”...

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