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

February 2014

Inquiry into Children Seeking Asylum Gathers Support (Pro Bono Australia)

4 February 20140 comments

The Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into the mandatory and closed detention of children seeking asylum in...

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New citizen inspires (Leader)

3 February 20140 comments

A FORMER Bhutanese refugee who has spent more than a decade helping Melbourne’s newly arrived residents has been...

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Sporting chance for refugee (The West Australian)

1 February 20140 comments

With a ball that bounces more oddly than anything he could have imagined as a young Sudanese refugee in Kenya,...

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January 2014

Refugees enjoy an Aussie summer holiday thanks to Warrnambool families (ABC)

31 January 20140 comments

Home Among the Gum Trees is a group that connects asylum seekers with people in rural communities. The idea is...

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