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

March 2020

Temporary migration and global people movement – opinion

13 March 20200 comments

In an increasingly globalised world temporary migration is a fact of life; as in the notion that people across the...

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February 2020

Four decades of exile

25 February 20201 comment

As talks in the Pakistani capital Islamabad get underway on the future of almost five million Afghan refugees,...

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Angelina Jolie’s heartfelt appeal to support Syrian refugees

25 February 20200 comments

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has penned an essay for Time magazine on the desperate plight of refugees from Syria as...

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Refugee portraits tell of women’s strength and individuality

20 February 20200 comments

A new series of eye-catching portraits that celebrate the individuality of refugee women is creating a buzz in the art...

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