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 2015

Multicultural centre seeks crowd-sourced funding for permanent home (Canberra Times)

6 January 20150 comments

When Luz Restrepo fled her native Colombia as a political refugee, she didn’t only lose her home. She also lost...

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Music Beyond Borders (ABC)

6 January 20150 comments

Joel Carnegie meets musicians who’ve sought refuge in Australia, along with others from rich cultural heritages...

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December 2014

Deadly images of Assad brutality never erased (The Australian)

23 December 20140 comments

RAFIK Heshmeh is holding evidence of the unfair world he left behind. At 27, Mr Heshmeh is among the first...

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Scott Morrison allows asylum seeker babies to be processed in Australia (Canberra Times)

18 December 20140 comments

More than 30 babies born to asylum seeker mothers in Australia will be able to stay in the mainland with their...

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