Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Exclusive – New global database aimed at helping stateless people

19 May 20260 comments

A new world-first legal database has been created to help stateless people achieve positive human rights outcomes, including residency and citizenship.
The ‘Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness’ has been established…

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Afghan baby evacuee becomes an Aussie citizen

14 May 20260 comments

The first baby born among the cohort of Afghan refugees who were airlifted out of Kabul and resettled in Australia following the return to power of the Taliban in…

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Victorian 2026-27 state budget supports multiculturalism

7 May 20260 comments

Despite rising debt and increasing economic uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East, the 2026-27 Victorian state budget has delivered significant support for multiculturalism and multicultural communities…

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Diversity celebrated on ANZAC Day

30 April 20261 comment

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 20261 comment

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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More Chinese coming – short term and long term

14 October 20160 comments

Permanent or long term migration into Australia appears to be stabilising with totals of new arrivals topping 266,000 in...

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We are all out of Africa – new genetic research finds

14 October 20160 comments

One single migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago produced nearly all the modern Eurasian populations, new research has...

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New approach needed to address refugee crisis

13 October 20160 comments

A new approach is needed to tackling the world’s refugee situation, according to an Australian recently appointed to...

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Displacement driven by nature as well as conflict

12 October 20160 comments

Natural disasters and climatic events are emerging as a major cause of the displacement of people across the planet....

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