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

January 2014

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells insists all migrants must speak English (Collie Mail)

26 January 20140 comments

As citizenship ceremonies and backyard barbecues fire up across the country for Australia Day, a senior government MP has...

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A day to celebrate the nation, its people and our multicultural values (The Conversation)

24 January 20140 comments

This Australia Day, thousands of migrants and refugees will stand proudly and pledge their loyalty to Australia and its...

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Australia purposely remaining silent on Nauru: human rights lawyer (ABC)

24 January 20140 comments

Prominent human rights lawyer Julian Burnside says Australia is remaining silent about Nauru’s legal turmoil because...

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Bhutan Refugee Given Top New Aussie Honour (Pro Bono Australia)

24 January 20140 comments

A former Bhutan refugee has been named the inaugural New Australian of the Year. Horticulturalist Parsuram Sharma-Luital...

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