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

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May 2022

Syrian refugees to be sent home from Turkey

13 May 20220 comments

Turkey has said it will send a million Syrian refugees back to their war-ravaged homeland, as their presence emerges as...

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Victorian budget aimed at pandemic recovery

6 May 20220 comments

The Victorian state budget has unleashed a significant raft of spending aimed at generating the economic growth needed to...

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Election 2022 – How the parties compare on migration and refugees

3 May 20220 comments

There are similarities but also key points of difference between the Coalition and Labor policies on migration and the...

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COVID hits Australia’s migrant population – ABS data

3 May 20220 comments

Australia’s overseas born population has shrunk for the first time in decades because of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data...

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