Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Federal budget offers restrained relief

17 May 20240 comments

The 2024 federal budget will see Australia’s migration and refugee programs remain as significant parts of the nation’s political and economic lifeblood.

The migration program will see an… Read Full Article

Safe space created for Melbourne’s gig workers

1 May 20240 comments

They are the forgotten people of cities around the world – gig workers and delivery drivers who go about their difficult and often dangerous jobs with little… Read Full Article

Reflections on my homeland

18 April 20240 comments

I have been living permanently in Melbourne for the past 20 years and in 2023 my family and I decided to go back to Nepal for a… Read Full Article

Sun shines finally on Persian chef

18 April 20240 comments

Twelve years after he fled Iran in fear of his life Melbourne chef and humanitarian Hamed Allahyari can now call Australia his forever home.

As asylum seekers, Hamed… Read Full Article

Gift of food and friendship helping families settle in Mildura

14 March 20240 comments

An innovative new project is connecting Congolese and Burundian families newly arrived in Mildura with members of the existing local communities.

Set up by Jules Kangeta, a Case… Read Full Article

Community leader and volunteer is ‘Woman of Impact’

8 March 20240 comments

A Syrian refugee who overcame war, persecution and displacement to become a key leader and bulwark of her community is the inaugural ‘AMES Australia Woman of Impact’.

Norma… Read Full Article

Lead story

December 2021

Afghan evacuees tell of dramatic escapes

2 December 20210 comments

Two former Australian embassy employees have told of their dramatic escapes from Kabul as the Taliban took control of...

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October 2021

Last man out – the plumber who closed up Australia’s embassy in Kabul

30 October 20210 comments

‘Najaf’ was the last man to leave the Australian embassy in Kabul when it closed in late May this year....

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Minister’s phone call put Afghan family on flight to safety

30 October 20210 comments

A prominent Afghan journalist, now settled in Victoria after fleeing his homeland, has told how federal Minister Senator...

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First baby born to Afghan airlift refugees

30 October 20210 comments

An Afghan couple evacuated by air from Kabul in mid-August as the Taliban took control have had a baby born...

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