Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Refugee’s journey comes full circle

18 December 20240 comments

In 2009 Bwe Thay arrived in Melbourne as a refugee from Burma and was supported by settlement agency AMES Australia.

This week, he became a member of the… Read Full Article

Refugee family rescued from care crisis

11 December 20240 comments

A refugee family facing significant and multiple barriers to settlement have been supported to build happy, successful lives in Adelaide thanks to a collaboration between humanitarian settlement… Read Full Article

New book highlights our shared humanity

11 December 20240 comments

A compelling new book tells the inspirational stories of second-generation migrant Australians, who share their families’ settlement journeys and their own search for identity.

Titled ‘At the Heart… Read Full Article

Melbourne’s united nations of food

11 December 20240 comments

Driving into the Pacific Market at Ardeer, in Melbourne’s west, you are met with an array of flags and numerous food trucks.

Pakistani, Italian, Indian and many other… Read Full Article

Syrian community celebrates the end of Assad

10 December 20240 comments

Australia’s Syrian refugee community is celebrating the fall of the brutal Assad regime in their homeland but they also have concerns about what the future holds for… Read Full Article

Refugee family reunited after 12 years

20 November 20240 comments

When the Ahmad-Zada family were deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan earlier this year as undocumented Afghan refugees, they feared the worst.

Maryam Ahmad-Zada and her husband Habibullah had… Read Full Article

Sector News

January 2014

Government mulls lifeboats plan for intercepted asylum seekers (Wingham Chronicle)

7 January 20140 comments

Asylum seekers intercepted on unseaworthy boats could be sent back to Indonesia on large, engine-powered lifeboats, in an...

Read More

Australian Trucking Association appeals for government to make foreign drivers eligible for 457 visas to aid shortage (The Telegraph)

4 January 20140 comments

Foreign overseas truckies could be recruited to address a critical shortage of local truck drivers. An ageing workforce and...

Read More

Afghan pop star Navid Forogh takes the refugee road to survive (WA Today)

4 January 20140 comments

Navid Forogh was driving home after a sellout concert in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a masked gunman appeared from the...

Read More

Boat arrivals at five-year low: Morrison (7 News)

3 January 20140 comments

Australian authorities have intercepted the first asylum-seeker boat of the year but the government isn’t counting it...

Read More