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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November 2014

In defence of multiculturalism

14 November 20140 comments

A new book by one of the world’s leading philosophers has laid out an ethical defence of multiculturalism in the...

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Plan for Tassie refugee hub floated

12 November 20141 comment

A plan to make Tasmania the national hub for assessing refugee claims will be submitted to the federal government by...

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Ageing in CALD communities should be government priority – ECCV

12 November 20140 comments

The Victorian and Australian governments must make ageing in multicultural communities a top political priority, committing...

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EU court upholds ban on ‘welfare tourism’

11 November 20140 comments

The European Union’s top court has ruled that governments can deny benefits to citizens from another EU state if...

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