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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December 2014

English now the lingua franca of education

13 December 20141 comment

English is become the universal language of teaching and instruction across the globe, according to new research. According...

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Immigration reform – Obama’s last chance for a legacy

12 December 20140 comments

US President Barack Obama is forging ahead without the assent of the US Congress to put in place immigration reforms...

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Wagon of welcome rolls across Melbourne’s West

10 December 20142 comments

Refugees in Melbourne’s inner west have every reason to celebrate this holiday season. More than 320 asylum seeker...

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The Italians are coming

9 December 20140 comments

A new wave of migration from Italy to Australia is underway in numbers not seen in more than 50 years,...

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