Refugee Council of Australia: Supporting refugees people seeking asylum

COVID-19 Response

No Child Left Behind – Add your Name!

There are currently around 16,000 children in families seeking protection in Australia. Many people seeking asylum have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19, as they often work in the service sectors worst affected...

21 July 2020

Nobody Left Behind

We are experiencing an unprecedented global crisis that affects us all. The Morrison government has responded decisively yet it has left behind almost 1.1million temporary visa holders including hundreds of thousands of...

9 July 2020

What we do

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Working with refugee communities and advocates

14 August 2019

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Connecting communities, organisations and individuals

4 July 2020

Cutting-edge policy and research

4 July 2020

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Changing policies and attitudes

4 July 2020

What's new

Submissions

Submission to the Inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program

The Australian economy has been substantially affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19). In order to contain the spread of the virus, the Australian Government has closed its borders to all but citizens and permanent...

4 August 2020

Media News

Media release: New research shows huge economic costs of excluding people from support during pandemic

30 July 2020

Reports

COVID-19 and humanitarian migrants on temporary visas: assessing the public costs

By John van Kooy Commissioned by Refugee Council of Australia Download the brief here Key points The ‘coronavirus recession’ has led to increased unemployment, underemployment and financial stress for many Australians ...

29 July 2020