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

January 2014

Abbott claims boat victory (Courier Mail)

11 January 20140 comments

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dramatically escalated the debate over his Government’s secrecy about asylum seekers,...

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Karen refugees are helping boost the economy of small country town (ABC)

11 January 20140 comments

The population and profile of the small farming community of Nhill is being boosted by Karen refugees who have moved...

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Rape and torture inquiries put in jeopardy by island transfers (WA Today)

10 January 20140 comments

Any investigation by Papua New Guinea authorities into alleged rape and torture cases on Manus Island could prove almost...

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Indonesia’s military and government align against Australia’s boat turn back policy (ABC)

10 January 20140 comments

Indonesia’s government and military have moved to align against Australia’s policy of turning back asylum...

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