Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Facing life’s challenges with a smile

26 October 20260 comments

Dalal Altaji’s life has been 51 years of constant struggle.
A struggle to overcome her disability, a struggle to access and complete her education, a struggle to survive the devastation…

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Conference focuses on belonging, cohesion

22 October 20260 comments

FECCA Conference 2026
Australians need to foster a sense of belonging at a local level to avoid eroding social cohesion, according to a leading multicultural voice.
Chair of the Australian Multicultural…

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Afghan evacuees feel welcome and safe five years on – survey

1 October 20260 comments

Afghan families who arrived in Australia five years ago this month after being evacuated from Kabul as it fell to the Taliban are feeling welcome, safe, confident about their…

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Refugee footballers win a flag and friendships

24 September 20260 comments

When the Nhill Tigers under-14 boys team won the Wimmera District AFL grand final this month, it was the culmination of an intensive season of training and drills.
It was…

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New immigration arrangements revealed

17 September 20260 comments

The federal government will tighten temporary visa rules in a bid to reduce annual net overseas migration from about 300,000 to 225,000 people by 2028.
The government’s new immigration policy…

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Local communities support victims of Nepal-Tibet disaster

3 September 20260 comments

Australia’s Himalayan communities have rallied to support the victims of the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet.
Community groups are raising money to support victims and community vigils are being…

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Sector News

April 2014

Australia and PNG agree on refugees (Sky News)

3 April 20140 comments

All asylum seekers held in an Australian detention centre on Manus Island who are found to be refugees will be...

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Asylum seekers stranded by Abbott policy (Sky News)

3 April 20140 comments

A United Nations expert on people smuggling and human trafficking says Canberra’s tough but...

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Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria calls for radical affirmative action (news.com.au)

3 April 20140 comments

COUNCILS should set targets to make sure one third of their workers are refugees, foreign-born or from non-English-speaking...

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Asylum seekers transferred to remote detention centre day before court case (The Sydney Morning Herald)

2 April 20140 comments

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has defended moving asylum seekers involved in legal action against the federal...

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