Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

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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Rethinking the global displacement crisis

1 April 20260 comments

Refugee resettlement in third countries is now not a durable solution to the global crisis of human displacement, according to former Assistant Secretary of the United Nations Professor Gillian…

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Migrant women find independence and more rights in Australia

16 March 20260 comments

Migrant women in Australia are finding more independence, equality and a healthier and wealthier life with more opportunity than in their home countries, according to a new survey.
An overwhelming…

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Latest Articles

November 2017

Refugees are humanity’s moral test – Milliband

15 November 20172 comments

The world refugee crisis is the moral “test of our times” and is critical but not overwhelming, according to David...

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Long list of human suffering

15 November 20170 comments

Sometimes the sheer scale of human tragedy is difficult to comprehend. Last week a German newspaper attempted to...

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What the Socceroos won’t see in Honduras

10 November 20170 comments

When Australia’s Socceroos face Honduras this weekend, they will see a wall of passionate local fans, maybe some smoke...

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October 2017

News from AMES Australia

31 October 20170 comments

Read about the latest news, research and initiatives from migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia…   AMES...

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