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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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UN report holds lesson for the world on refugee displacement

16 November 20170 comments

Refugees entering Europe are being unduly and illegally criminalised by local authorities, denied the right to due process...

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Australia facing skills crisis

15 November 20171 comment

  Innes Willox, whose organisation represents 60,000 businesses which employ a million Australians, says access to...

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New map shows settlement trends of refugees in the US

15 November 20170 comments

A new interactive map gives a fascinating insight into how the source of refugees to the US has shifted dramatically...

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Brexit already causing farm losses in UK

15 November 20170 comments

Fruit and vegetable crops are being left to rot on British farms because of a shortage of labour blamed on...

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