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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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Finding the sweet spot – how a refugee rebuilt his life

30 July 20260 comments

Aghan refugee Hafiz Kamali has overcome being targeted by the Taliban, having little English language and almost no knowledge of commercial practice in Australia to start a business and…

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Refugee convention marks 75 years under existential threat

30 July 20260 comments

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, which was created in the wake and amid the wreckage of World War II to help people fleeing…

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Film exposes the human face of refugee journeys

4 October 20210 comments

A new film by Hazara photojournalist, filmmaker and former refugee Barat Ali Batoor, that chronicles an asylum seeker boat...

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Climate migration could cause population upheaval – World Bank

4 October 20210 comments

Climate change bringing rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to...

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Africa in desperate struggle as COVAX stalls

4 October 20210 comments

Vaccination rates have stalled in Africa, just as countries face a deadly fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the virulent...

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Call for action to help families of ‘missing migrants’

4 October 20210 comments

Governments across the globe should urgently improve support for tens of thousands of migrant families who are desperately...

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