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

April 2014

Australia’s asylum policies repeatedly criticised by UN officials at conference (The Guardian)

23 April 20140 comments

United Nations officials have repeatedly criticised Australia’s refugee policies at a regional conference in Indonesia....

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UN warns boat turnbacks no long-term fix (Herald Sun)

23 April 20140 comments

CREDITING the Abbott government’s border regime for a drop in the number of asylum seekers registering in Indonesia...

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Australia provides $20 million for children affected by Syrian crisis (Invest in Australia)

22 April 20140 comments

Today I am announcing that Australia will provide $20 million for children in Lebanon and Jordan who have fled across...

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Racism is a Moral Issue (ABC)

22 April 20140 comments

In my job as Race Discrimination Commissioner I am often asked how you should respond to an incident of racism....

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