Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

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 stateless refugee after fleeing Iran. Earlier, her family had fled their home in Afghanistan because of war.
She grew…

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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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Temporary migrant young, educated and employed – ABS snapshot shows

18 February 20190 comments

New Zealanders and international students make up more than 70 per cent of people living temporarily in Australia, a new...

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Milliband, Albright put forward an economic case for refugee settlement

15 February 20191 comment

Two former senior western politicians have called on the world to see refugees as economic assets who have much to...

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The forgotten refugees – IDPs

15 February 20190 comments

They are the refugees that the world has forgotten – the 40 million people who are Internally Displaced Persons...

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Citizenship waiting times blow out – ANAO report

15 February 20190 comments

A backlog of 83,000 unprocessed citizenship applications has blown waiting times out for would be citizens by a factor...

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