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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July 2014

Coping with ever more refugees

1 July 20140 comments

The number of people living as refugees from war or persecution has exceeded 50 million for the first time since...

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June 2014

Europe fears a “colossal human catastrophe”

27 June 20140 comments

Europe is facing a major humanitarian crisis as estimates say the numbers refugees and asylum seekers dying at sea is...

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First language research delivers results

26 June 20140 comments

Using bilingual assistants when researching culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities can dramatically...

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Survey finds multiculturalism means different things to different people

23 June 20140 comments

Multiculturalism faces an uncertain future with a large section of Australia’s population fearing or rejecting social...

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