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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Climate change a driver of migration trends in Africa

16 November 20160 comments

Africa faces a surge in internal and cross-border migration over the next decade because of the increased effects of...

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Myanmar’s road to peace is a long one

15 November 20160 comments

The euphoria and hope created by the election to government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for...

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Arts project geared at empowering refugees and asylum seekers

14 November 20160 comments

Artistic people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds will get an opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity...

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Street art installation celebrates migration

14 November 20160 comments

Italian migration to Melbourne is being celebrated in a striking new mural on a wall in the inner city. World...

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