Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Afghan evacuees feel welcome and safe five years on – survey

1 October 20260 comments

Afghan families who arrived in Australia five years ago this month after being evacuated from Kabul as it fell to the Taliban are feeling welcome, safe, confident about their…

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Refugee footballers win a flag and friendships

24 September 20260 comments

When the Nhill Tigers under-14 boys team won the Wimmera District AFL grand final this month, it was the culmination of an intensive season of training and drills.
It was…

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New immigration arrangements revealed

17 September 20260 comments

The federal government will tighten temporary visa rules in a bid to reduce annual net overseas migration from about 300,000 to 225,000 people by 2028.
The government’s new immigration policy…

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Local communities support victims of Nepal-Tibet disaster

3 September 20260 comments

Australia’s Himalayan communities have rallied to support the victims of the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet.
Community groups are raising money to support victims and community vigils are being…

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Migrant jobs at risk from AI – analysis

31 August 20260 comments

Migrants in Australia are among the most vulnerable to losing their jobs to the roll out of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, a new analysis has found.
An AI Industry Impact…

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Nahid’s story – one woman’s epic journey from statelessness to service

31 August 20260 comments

Nahid Kazemi spent ten years struggling to survive in Malaysia as a stateless refugee after fleeing Iran. Earlier, her family had fled their home in Afghanistan because of war.
She…

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Latest Articles

November 2019

Breaking the cycles of conflict, poverty and migration

18 November 20190 comments

The West needs to address poverty and conflict in the developing world and reorder its thinking and priorities or the...

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US ratchets up hostility towards migrants, refugees

13 November 20190 comments

The US has slashed its annual refugee intake to 18,000, the lowest number since 1980 and just 20 per cent...

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How Trump killed the US asylum system

13 November 20190 comments

In the three years of the Trump administration in the US, the nation’s asylum system has been utterly transformed....

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How Germany is getting migrants into work

13 November 20190 comments

Welfare payments to migrants in Germany have plunged 12 per cent in the past year in line with a fall...

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