Human rights and refugee sector unite to call on Australian Government to get people detained in offshore detention to safety in the wake of ICC ruling. Australia’s peak human rights and refugee rights organisations...
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#YearOfWelcome: February Action
Often, it feels as if the complexity of refugee policy, international law and complicated classifications and jargon serve as a distraction from what is really important – the human beings who have been displaced from...
Making refugee resettlement work for Queensland: Refugee Alternatives Conference comes to Brisbane
As Queensland continues to help resettle refugees in regional areas, hundreds of experts – including many with refugee experience – will convene in Brisbane this week to forge alternatives for refugee and...
Refugee Alternatives 2020
In its fourth year, the conference is heading north to the Sunshine State. After Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, we are thrilled to be partnering with QUT (Queensland University of Technology) to be presenting the...
Department of Health removes people in detention from list of people at serious risk of COVID-19
UPDATE 25 March 2020: The Refugee Council of Australia communicated our concerns to the Department of Health on 25 March 2020. We received a response the same day saying that the Department’s advice about people in...
#YearOfWelcome: January Action
Create a message of welcome for people arriving to Australia as refugees Every year, around 12,000 people arrive in Australia as part of our Refugee & Humanitarian Program. They are settling in to rebuild their...
Thousands of Australians to celebrate Year of Welcome in 2020
In 2020, Australians are being asked to “make a resolution that counts”. Thousands will take action to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum, as part of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA)’s “Year of Welcome”...
New video launches 2020 as the #YearOfWelcome!
12 months. 12 ways to build a welcoming Australia. The Refugee Council of Australia is the official charity partner of the City of Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. We are calling on people across the country...
Australian Government Ministers Missing As The World Gathers For Global Refugee Forum
Ministers from 69 states will be present but Australian Government ministers noticeably absent when the world gathers in Geneva this week for the largest-ever forum on the global response to refugees. The Global Refugee...
