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…
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,…
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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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…
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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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…
THE federal government’s turn-back-the-boats policy is putting asylum seekers at risk and has hurt Australia’s...
Read MoreCRICKET has given asylum seeker Maleesh De Silva a vital release from the harsh realities of his life. Now living...
Read MoreAn African women’s network supporting new arrivals facing abuse is proving so successful it’s opening its arms to...
Read MoreEvery fortnight almost 200 asylum seekers gather for an event known as The Community Kitchen, which provides a culinary...
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