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

Footscray’s new home adds to hope and humanity for asylum seekers (Maribyrnong Weekly)

30 April 20140 comments

After a whirlwind few months involving thousands of hours of volunteer help, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s new Home...

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Aged care needs ‘new view’, says multicultural lobby group (Northern Weekly)

27 April 20140 comments

Aged care services should be adapted to suit the needs of new and emerging ethnic communities, according to a peak...

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No spike in post-monsoon asylum seeker boats, says Morrison (The Australian)

26 April 20140 comments

NO people-smuggling venture has succeeded in landing asylum seekers in Australia for more than four months, the government...

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UNHCR questions Australia’s asylum seeker policy (ABC Radio)

24 April 20140 comments

The United Nations Refugee Agency’s regional representative James Lynch says the Australian government has not...

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