Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Diversity celebrated on ANZAC Day

30 April 20260 comments

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 20260 comments

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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Supporting a thousand refugee families to find homes

17 April 20260 comments

A thousand refugee families across Melbourne have safe and secure homes thanks to the work of former Karen-Burmese refugee, Law Baw.
As a housing worker with migrant and refugee settlement…

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Sector News

June 2014

Lowy Poll reveals Australia’s attitudes on foreign and domestic policy (ABC)

4 June 20140 comments

ELEANOR HALL: The tenth annual Lowy Institute Poll was released today and it paints a surprising portrait of...

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At-risk Afghan employees settled in Australia (Defence Ministers of Australia)

3 June 20140 comments

More than 500 Afghan nationals who were employed in support of Australia’s mission in Afghanistan, together with their...

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Safe haven has asylum seekers in family mode (Perth Now)

2 June 20140 comments

A MINI asylum seeker baby boom is taking place after hundreds of mums fleeing war-ravaged countries settled in Melbourne....

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Refugee Council Gets $50K in Support (Pro Bono Australia)

2 June 20140 comments

Supporters of the Not for Profit peak body Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) have responded to the Federal Government’s...

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