Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Refugee’s journey comes full circle

18 December 20240 comments

In 2009 Bwe Thay arrived in Melbourne as a refugee from Burma and was supported by settlement agency AMES Australia.

This week, he became a member of the… Read Full Article

Refugee family rescued from care crisis

11 December 20240 comments

A refugee family facing significant and multiple barriers to settlement have been supported to build happy, successful lives in Adelaide thanks to a collaboration between humanitarian settlement… Read Full Article

New book highlights our shared humanity

11 December 20240 comments

A compelling new book tells the inspirational stories of second-generation migrant Australians, who share their families’ settlement journeys and their own search for identity.

Titled ‘At the Heart… Read Full Article

Melbourne’s united nations of food

11 December 20240 comments

Driving into the Pacific Market at Ardeer, in Melbourne’s west, you are met with an array of flags and numerous food trucks.

Pakistani, Italian, Indian and many other… Read Full Article

Syrian community celebrates the end of Assad

10 December 20240 comments

Australia’s Syrian refugee community is celebrating the fall of the brutal Assad regime in their homeland but they also have concerns about what the future holds for… Read Full Article

Refugee family reunited after 12 years

20 November 20240 comments

When the Ahmad-Zada family were deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan earlier this year as undocumented Afghan refugees, they feared the worst.

Maryam Ahmad-Zada and her husband Habibullah had… Read Full Article

Latest Articles

January 2023

Record numbers of migrants cross the English Channel

16 January 20230 comments

Around 45,000 irregular migrants crossed the English Channel arriving in the UK in 2022 – up by 17,000 on the...

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December 2022

2022 – The year that was

22 December 20220 comments

2022 has been a tumultuous year, dominated by the war in Ukraine and the massive human, economic and political chaos...

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Reimagining Australia’s migration system

22 December 20220 comments

Australia’s migration system needs to build social cohesion and multiculturalism, offer support to all kinds of migrants...

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The US faces yet another Afghan dilemma

22 December 20220 comments

The US faces an ethical and political conundrum in the coming year with tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated to...

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