Consultations for the 2019-2020 Humanitarian Program For more than 25 years, the Refugee Council of Australia has been gathering community views on the Refugee and Humanitarian Program. Every year, we conduct a series...
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Palm Sunday rallies 2019
Every year on Palm Sunday, people from Australia gather together in public places to demonstrate their support for the just and humane treatment of refugees. In this election year, and after years of punitive asylum...
Jobactive employment program a ‘harsh bureaucratic nightmare’, senate report finds.
Refugees are amongst out-of-work Australians suffering under a ‘harsh bureaucratic nightmare’ that is the Federal Government’s employment program – Jobactive. A Senate inquiry report states that...
Australia’s Political Opportunists Foster an Environment of Fear, UN Human Rights Council Told
Political opportunists in Australia who have built their political careers on scaremongering and dehumanising minorities have fostered an environment hospitable to hatred, the Refugee Council of Australia has told the...
Call for Applications: John Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant 2019
Are you interested in advocacy on refugee issues at an international level? Are you from a refugee background? The annual John Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant supports advocates from refugee backgrounds to...
Australians demand the humane treatment of people seeking asylum and refugees as historic vote passes Parliament
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 February 2019 Today’s historic vote on the urgent medical treatment bill delivered a decisive message to the government: Australians want an end to the abhorrent treatment of people in...
Australian Hazara community fears massacre as Taliban attack Hazara districts in Afghanistan
The recent large scale attacks and atrocities by the Taliban against the Hazara people in Afghanistan has resulted in the killing, kidnapping, and displacement of family members and relatives of thousands of Hazara...
Our new video with calling for #KidsOffNauru
We have joined forces with Mums for Refugees and People Just Like Us to create a powerful video from parents and families in support of the call to get all #KidsOffNauru by November 20. The families featured declare...
UNHCR releases final draft of the Global Compact on Refugees
On 31 January 2018, UNHCR released the Zero Draft of the Global Compact on Refugees. This Compact represents a long-awaited re-assessment of the ways in which States can fairly share their responsibilities to refugees.
UNHCR Global Trends 2017 – How Australia compares with the world
UNHCR's latest Global Trends report highlights that at the end of 2017, global displacement has reached yet another new record high of 68.5 million individuals, an increase of 2.9 million since 2016. Each year, UNHCR...
