Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

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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75 years of refugee protection marked

30 April 20260 comments

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees – the cornerstone of the international refugee protection regime.
For 75 years, the convention…

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Refugee’s long journey to safety

27 April 20260 comments

Eritrean refugee Jahar Mussa Mahmud survived conscription by a brutal military regime, the harsh conditions of a notorious military camp and ten years as a refugee living precariously in…

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Local AMES News

February 2014

SPMP program draws interstate interest

7 February 20140 comments

AMES Skilled Professional Migrant Program has secured its first interstate student. Accountant Jagadish Saripalli travels...

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Good Wheel Project gets rolling

7 February 20141 comment

AMES this week launched an initiative that will see asylum seeker clients from the City of Melbourne get free bicycles...

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English classes give mums social connections

7 February 20140 comments

English classes for vulnerable women with young children have begun at AMES Sunshine in an innovative program trying to...

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January 2014

AMES Youth students learn about sound environmental practices

22 January 20140 comments

About 18 youth students from Noble Park AMES went on an excursion on the final day of classes last year...

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