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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Latest Articles

July 2019

Temporary skilled visa fears unfounded – CEDA report

18 July 20190 comments

Constant changes to temporary skilled migration schemes like the 457 visa may have been more harmful than the visas...

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Distilling the US immigration debate

18 July 20191 comment

The polarisation of the migration debate in the US came into stark relief this week. President Donald Trump took his...

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Heartlands exhibition a window on the refugee experience

18 July 20190 comments

A new art exhibition is giving audiences a rare perspective on the refugee experience by presenting intensely personal...

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Cyprus now the focus of cross-Mediterranean migrants

18 July 20190 comments

The island of Cyprus has become the latest migrant hotspot in the Mediterranean. As the European Commission says arrivals...

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