Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

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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Rethinking the global displacement crisis

1 April 20260 comments

Refugee resettlement in third countries is now not a durable solution to the global crisis of human displacement, according to former Assistant Secretary of the United Nations Professor Gillian…

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Migrant women find independence and more rights in Australia

16 March 20260 comments

Migrant women in Australia are finding more independence, equality and a healthier and wealthier life with more opportunity than in their home countries, according to a new survey.
An overwhelming…

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Challenges and opportunities await Iranian women footballers

12 March 20260 comments

Nine years ago Neda Zeyghami left Iran to begin a new life in Australia. She reflects on what awaits the six Iranian women soccer players who have been granted…

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‘Women of Impact’ recognised

12 March 20260 comments

Five women from multicultural communities have been recognised for their contributions to building the capacity of their own communities and to bolstering broader social cohesion.
The AMES Australia ‘Women of…

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Latest Articles

January 2019

Language a barrier to migrants fulfilling their potential – OECD report

25 January 20190 comments

A picture of under-utilised skills, discrimination and problems of language acquisition have emerged from one of the first...

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Gen Z and the age of tech

25 January 20190 comments

Demographers have identified a new generation of humans in the western world born after 1997 who are more diverse in...

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China’s great migration under threat

25 January 20190 comments

China’s annual Spring Festival migration – the largest mass human movement on the planet – is underway and...

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Europeans pessimistic about immigration, jobs

21 January 20190 comments

Immigration has replaced terrorism as the issue most important to Europeans, according to new research. The numbers of...

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