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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Media Releases

August 2013

Media Release: Asylum seekers struggle with high rents

30 August 20130 comments

Asylum seeker families are struggling to make ends meet because of the high cost of private rental housing in...

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Media Release: 332,080 new citizens to vote on September 7

26 August 20130 comments

More than 332,000 new Australians will vote for the first time in next week’s the federal election. These people,...

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Media Release: Migrants and refugees on the outer in Australia’s cities

22 August 20130 comments

Refugees and asylum seekers are not ‘swamping’ Australia, according to the latest State of Australian Cities report....

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Media Release: Key professional skills being wasted

6 August 20130 comments

The skills of professionally qualified migrants to Australia are going unused because they need help in overcoming...

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