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

May 2014

Ordinary people, lending a hand (The Age)

28 May 20140 comments

More Victorians are offering practical help to asylum seekers in need. Peter Barrett reports on a grassroots movement that...

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ACMRO calls for review of Manus Island detention policy (Cath News)

28 May 20140 comments

ACMRO said yesterday that the independent report, by Robert Cornall, into events leading to the brutal death of Reza...

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Review finds asylum seeker Reza Berati killed on Manus Island by Salvation Army officer and PNG security guards (The Advertiser)

27 May 20140 comments

A SALVATION Army employee and PNG security guards paid by the Australian taxpayer killed an asylum seeker by bashing him...

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Australia’s Opposition reaffirms backing for offshore detention

27 May 20140 comments

Australia’s Opposition Labor Party has reaffirmed support for the government’s policy of offshore processing of...

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