Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Afghan baby evacuee becomes an Aussie citizen

14 May 20260 comments

The first baby born among the cohort of Afghan refugees who were airlifted out of Kabul and resettled in Australia following the return to power of the Taliban in…

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Victorian 2026-27 state budget supports multiculturalism

7 May 20260 comments

Despite rising debt and increasing economic uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East, the 2026-27 Victorian state budget has delivered significant support for multiculturalism and multicultural communities…

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Diversity celebrated on ANZAC Day

30 April 20261 comment

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 20261 comment

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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Sector News

January 2014

Courts in crisis as Nauru sacks its only magistrate (WA Today)

20 January 20140 comments

Nauru’s justice system is in disarray and cases against scores of asylum seekers are in limbo after the Nauru...

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Angry Indonesia demands federal government suspends turn back boats policy (Herald Sun)

18 January 20140 comments

INDONESIA has demanded the federal government ­suspends its policy of turning back asylum seeker vessels and will ramp up...

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Refugee fall cited in bid to beat boats (The Australian)

16 January 20140 comments

THE government is trumpeting a sharp decline in asylum-seekers registering as refugees in Indonesia as an indicator they...

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Tennis fans fostered among new migrants (SBS)

16 January 20140 comments

As the stars of the Australian Open take centre court in Melbourne, a group of newly arrived migrants is being...

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