RCOA has provided detailed feedback to the Australian Government on directions for the Refugee and Humanitarian Program through consultation processes each year since 1984 and written submissions each year since 1987...
Submissions
The Refugee Council of Australia makes many submissions to key parliamentary and independent inquiries and reviews during the year, on issues affecting refugees in Australia.
2025-26 Pre-Budget Submission
As the national peak body for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds and the organisations and individuals who work with and support them, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) welcomes the opportunity to...
Realising Australia’s Positive Vision and Global Leadership on Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways: Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper on the 2024-25 Humanitarian Program
Established in 1981, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is the national peak body for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds and the organisations and individuals who work with them. RCOA consults...
Key Points on Australia’s Humanitarian Program 2024-25 Discussion Paper
The Department of Home Affairs is currently seeking public submissions on Australia’s Humanitarian Program for the 2024-25 financial year.[1] This is an opportunity for refugee community members and supporting...
Submission on the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the proposed Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The submission focuses on...
Revisiting Migrants’ Contributions from a Human Rights-Based Approach: A Discussion on Facilitating and Hindering Factors
In February 2024, the Refugee Council of Australia made a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants’ “Report on Revisiting migrants’ contributions from a human rights-based...
Inquiry into the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 and the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No.1) Bill 2023
In February 2024, RCOA made a submission to the The Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs’ inquiry into the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 and the Administrative Review Tribunal...
2024-25 Pre-Budget Submission
As the national peak body for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds and the organisations and individuals who work with and support them, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) welcomes the opportunity to...
Joint Submission on the Review of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021
This submission is jointly made with: Amnesty International Australia Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Human Rights Law Centre Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) Refugee Council...
Opportunities for global leadership: Australia’s role in refugee resettlement and protection
In May 2023, RCOA made a submission to the Department of Home Affairs consultation on the Refugee and Humanitarian Program. Having provided detailed feedback to the Australian Government on directions for the Refugee...
