Refugee holding child with words Refugee or Migrant? Word choice matters

Who is a refugee? Who is an asylum seeker?

26 December 2019

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Refugees in Australia

Australia’s asylum policies

1 March 2021

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Get the facts Refugees in Australia

How Australia determines if a person is a refugee

10 May 2020

Get the facts Refugees in Australia

Australia’s offshore processing regime: The facts

20 May 2020

Factsheets for people seeking asylum

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Fast-tracking decisions

This table lists decisions by federal courts relating to the new system of refugee status determination for people who came by boat, known as 'fast tracking'.

20 January 2019

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Humanitarian entrants in New South Wales: A resource for New South Wales government agencies

Funded by the Community Relations Commission of NSW, this resource is designed to assist NSW government agencies to understand and meet the needs of people seeking asylum and people from refugee backgrounds settling in...

13 April 2020

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we work on - the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay respects to elders past and present, and acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. We also acknowledge the unique role Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people have in welcoming refugees and people seeking asylum to this land.