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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Reforming Australia’s mental healthcare system

29 January 20160 comments

Future reforms to Australia’s mental health system must include a focus on assisting those from culturally and...

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Fury over red doors for asylum seekers

22 January 20160 comments

The UK government has ordered an urgent inquiry into allegations that asylum seekers have become targets for racists in...

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Hong Kong refugees in legal limbo

18 January 20160 comments

More than 10,000 refugees seeking asylum in Hong Kong are trapped in a protracted legal limbo. Hong Kong is not...

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Refugee issue critical in US presidential elections

18 January 20160 comments

When President Obama invited a Syrian refugee to watch his State of the Union Address in person last week, he all but...

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