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

December 2013

Asylum Seeker support centre leases Footscray property (Ray White Commercial)

4 December 20130 comments

Australia’s leading asylum seeker organisation the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has secured a commercial building...

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Morrison caps number of protection visas (Sky News)

4 December 20130 comments

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has thrown down the gauntlet to Labor and the Greens by using his powers to cap...

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Aus government blocked from re-introducing temporary protection visas (ABC)

3 December 20130 comments

The Australian government has been frustrated in its attempts to re-introduce Temporary Protection Visas for refugees on a...

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PM puts refugee convention in spotlight (Prime 7)

3 December 20130 comments

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has raised the prospect of Australia leaving the United Nations refugee convention after a key...

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