Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Exclusive – New global database aimed at helping stateless people

19 May 20260 comments

A new world-first legal database has been created to help stateless people achieve positive human rights outcomes, including residency and citizenship.
The ‘Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness’ has been established…

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Afghan baby evacuee becomes an Aussie citizen

14 May 20260 comments

The first baby born among the cohort of Afghan refugees who were airlifted out of Kabul and resettled in Australia following the return to power of the Taliban in…

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Victorian 2026-27 state budget supports multiculturalism

7 May 20260 comments

Despite rising debt and increasing economic uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East, the 2026-27 Victorian state budget has delivered significant support for multiculturalism and multicultural communities…

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Diversity celebrated on ANZAC Day

30 April 20261 comment

Cultural diversity is increasingly becoming a feature of Anzac Day commemorations.
The Karen refugee community at Nhill, in Victoria’s north-east, have been integral to the town’s Anzac Day commemoration for…

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Australia’s migrant population growing and changing – ABS report

30 April 20260 comments

Australia’s overseas-born population has increased to 8.8 million, or 32 per cent of the total population, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASBS).
The latest data,…

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Teenagers show the way towards social cohesion

30 April 20261 comment

The Australia Day speeches of two schoolgirls from the northern Victorian town of Nhill are signposts to the inspiring and exemplar story of a community that had embraced diversity…

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Lead story

May 2015

A day in the life of Melbourne’s multicultural hub

6 May 20150 comments

Melbourne’s diverse and ever changing cultural landscape has a meeting point in the form of a three-story building....

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April 2015

Refugee’s smile hides long and tortuous journey to safety

29 April 20150 comments

Blinded by a land mine explosion, exiled from his boyhood village by a brutal military regime and after more than...

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Ethnic Anzacs: the untold story of diversity in the trenches

24 April 20150 comments

Most Australians are familiar with the story of the Anzac and the grit and determination shown by young Aussies fighting...

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Refugee resettlement gives regional community $40m boost – study

23 April 20155 comments

A small town in western Victoria could be pointing the  way forward for both regional development and resettling refugees...

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