Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Refugee footballers win a flag and friendships

24 September 20260 comments

When the Nhill Tigers under-14 boys team won the Wimmera District AFL grand final this month, it was the culmination of an intensive season of training and drills.
It was…

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New immigration arrangements revealed

17 September 20260 comments

The federal government will tighten temporary visa rules in a bid to reduce annual net overseas migration from about 300,000 to 225,000 people by 2028.
The government’s new immigration policy…

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Local communities support victims of Nepal-Tibet disaster

3 September 20260 comments

Australia’s Himalayan communities have rallied to support the victims of the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet.
Community groups are raising money to support victims and community vigils are being…

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Migrant jobs at risk from AI – analysis

31 August 20260 comments

Migrants in Australia are among the most vulnerable to losing their jobs to the roll out of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, a new analysis has found.
An AI Industry Impact…

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Nahid’s story – one woman’s epic journey from statelessness to service

31 August 20260 comments

Nahid Kazemi spent ten years struggling to survive in Malaysia as a stateless refugee after fleeing Iran. Earlier, her family had fled their home in Afghanistan because of war.
She…

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Painting provides healing and happiness

5 August 20260 comments

Cancer, spinal surgery and long-term unemployment have failed to dampen the dreams of Thai migrant Chattraporn Suwantevakup.
Between 2019 and 2022, Chattraporn, 62, underwent intensive treatment for follicular lymphoma, including…

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Latest Articles

Freedom under siege as tyranny flourishes – report

11 March 20210 comments

Freedom is under siege across the globe with fewer than twenty per cent of the world’s people living in ‘fully...

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Ethnic and language data to be collected from COVID vaccine recipients

11 March 20210 comments

People getting a COVID-19 vaccine will be asked about their language and birthplace under a federal government plan to...

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Pandemic deepening gender inequality for refugee women and girls – UN

11 March 20210 comments

Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of displaced and stateless refugee women and girls,...

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Humanitarian outlook for 2021

2 March 20210 comments

With borders slammed shut, jobs lost and aid increasingly difficult to deliver, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated...

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