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-first program being tested in Monash aims to make milk bars safer (Herald Sun)

15 April 20140 comments

AN Australia-first community safety program is helping to prevent crime at milk bars in Monash. The Monash Milk Bar...

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Program combats legal confusion among refugees (ABC)

14 April 20140 comments

Research suggests there are significant barriers between refugees and migrants and the Australian legal system, especially...

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Long term youth unemployment triples since GFC (ABC)

14 April 20140 comments

Analysis by the Brotherhood of St Laurence has found the number of young people facing long-term unemployment has tripled...

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Dandenong award-winning photographer Barat Ali Batoor invited to speak about refugee journey at April 26 TEDx conference in Sydney (Herald Sun)

14 April 20140 comments

AN AWARD-winning Dandenong photographer has been invited to showcase his work at the Sydney Opera House in the TEDxSydney...

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