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

April 2015

Expansion planned for maternal refugee program

7 April 20150 comments

To many newly arrived refugees, Maggie Lynch is like a mother. Mrs Lynch, 65, has long been volunteering in various...

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Former refugee selected in Australian squad

2 April 20151 comment

Former refugee Fawad Ahmed will be hoping to make his Test cricket debut for Australia in the coming months after...

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March 2015

Refugee musician reaches out across the globe  

17 March 20152 comments

The latest ‘craze’ among the hundreds of thousands of people who make up the global Karen diaspora is a young...

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Cricket provides an outlet for asylum seeker

16 March 20152 comments

A young Sri Lankan asylum seeker who fled violence, death threats and crime syndicates at home is carving out a...

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