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

December 2014

Scott Morrison offers significant concessions as Senate debates migration bill (ABC)

3 December 20140 comments

The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is proposing to increase Australia’s humanitarian intake and give work rights...

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November 2014

New Victorian government urged to deliver on its promise to hear needs of migrants, refugees

30 November 20140 comments

The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria has welcomed the election of a new Labor government in Victoria as an...

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Morrison doesn’t share damning view of UN (The Age)

28 November 20140 comments

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has dismissed UN criticism of Australia’s asylum seeker policies. A report by the...

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Asylum seekers ‘staying indoors’ after signing Federal Government’s code of behaviour (ABC)

28 November 20140 comments

Asylum seekers living in Australia are staying indoors for fear of breaching the Federal Government’s new “code...

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