Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Socceroos powered by refugees

16 June 20260 comments

Three Socceroos currently representing Australia and the World Cup arrived in Australia as refugees.
Nestory Irankunda, 20, Mohamed Touré, 22, and Awer Mabil, 30 all came to Australia as refugees.
They…

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Human displacement remains at record levels – UNHCR report

15 June 20260 comments

Human displacement remains at a record high despite a slight drop in the numbers people forced to flee their homes, according to a new report from the UN’s refugee…

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Migrant, refugee communities growing anxious over Iran war, cost-of-living and migration narratives – survey finds

2 June 20260 comments

Levels of anxiety are rising among emerging refugee and migrant communities in Australia because of the conflict in the Middle East, increasingly negative political narratives around migration and the…

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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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Sector News

February 2015

From refugee camp to cricket’s biggest stage for Afghanistan skipper in World Cup debut (Sydney Morning Herald)

18 February 20150 comments

His country is war-torn, he grew up in a refugee camp and his father was kidnapped two years ago. But...

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Javed Ahmadi a key player in Afghanistan’s cricket World Cup campaign (The Sydney Morning Herald)

16 February 20150 comments

Javed Ahmadi is Afghanistan’s answer to “The Big Show” and Australian fast-bowling great Geoff Lawson...

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40 years on, Vietnamese community says thank you, Australia (The Courier Mail)

16 February 20150 comments

SOME came as refugees by boat, others flew here. But there is no argument that Melbourne has been profoundly changed...

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Roth Hetherington Reserve renewed by upskilling asylum seekers (Sydney Morning Herald)

11 February 20150 comments

Australiana was all the rage in the 1970s, when the Springvale City Council hit on the idea of turning a...

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