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

Inner west puts out the welcome mat for refugees (Maribyrnong Weekly)

17 April 20140 comments

As thousands of people rallied around Australia on Sunday demanding better treatment of asylum seekers, inner-west...

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AC/DC: Migrant kids who made the long climb to the top of rock’n’roll (Brisbane Times)

16 April 20140 comments

AC/DC are as good an example of the changing face of Australia in the second half of the 20th century...

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Collie asylum seekers given hope that they might stay (ABC)

15 April 20140 comments

Last week, the Babaie family were illegal immigrants who were afraid they would have to leave Australia. Now the asylum...

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Australia could take ‘regional leadership role’ on tackling people smuggling, says Immigration Minister Scott Morrison (ABC Radio)

15 April 20140 comments

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has pointed to Australia’s success in stemming the flow of asylum seeker boats...

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