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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English language requirements for skilled migrants set to be relaxed

14 September 20141 comment

The Federal Government has flagged its intention to relax English language requirements for Australia’s skilled migration...

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Non-English based study also helpful for CALD kids

12 September 20140 comments

Migrant and refugee children should be exposed to more non-English-based subjects – such as art and sport – to...

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Crisis in vocational training

11 September 20140 comments

Apprenticeships and traineeships have slumped by almost 21 per cent in the last year according to a government report....

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Data on migrants’ incomes could help shape policy, study finds 

10 September 20140 comments

Migrants and refugees are seeing their wages increase over time and with primary visa holders gaining greater pay rises...

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