The following presents the key findings from the application of the Refugee Response Index (RRI) to the Australia context, focusing on Pillar 5 of the RRI: Towards durable solutions. Refugee Response Index (RRI)...
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Refugee Response Index Australia Review: Recognition as refugees (Pillar 2)
This report presents interim findings from the application of the Refugee Response Index (RRI) to the Australia context, focusing on Pillar 1 of the RRI on ‘Access to Asylum’. The RRI is a civil society led initiative...
Breaking the link between onshore protection and offshore resettlement
How separating onshore refugee protection visas from overseas humanitarian resettlement will help address Australia’s messy visa system For over 25 years, there has been an artificially constructed link between the...
Industry accreditation as a barrier to employment: A case study – Dentistry
Policy Brief As the Australian Government considers how to create pathways to more employment opportunities for more Australians in the context of low unemployment rates and significant skills shortages,[1] this brief...
Submission on the Migration Amendment (Evacuation To Safety) Bill 2023
The Refugee Council urges Federal Parliamentarians to support this Bill to evacuate people held in offshore processing to safety while they wait for a durable solution. This Bill sets out a constructive option...
Post-WW2 refugee arrivals to pass 950,000 in 2023
The number of refugee and humanitarian entrants welcomed to Australia since World War II will pass 950,000 in the early months of 2023. This brief sets out statistics on the numbers of refugee arrivals in Australia.
UN Committee Against Torture notes concerns about Australia’s refugee policies
RCOA has urged the Australian Government to act on a new United Nations Committee Against Torture report which highlights breaches of international law in Australia’s treatment of refugees. RCOA, together with the...
Submission to the ‘Migration System for Australia’s Future’ Discussion Paper
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA), the national peak body for refugees and people seeking asylum and the organisations and individuals who work with and support them, welcomes the Government’s acknowledgement of...
Joint submission on complementary pathways for refugees and the future of Australia’s migration system
This joint submission in response to the Migration system for Australia’s future discussion paper was drafted and endorsed by a coalition of organisations committed to extending access to safe and durable migration...
Submission on the New International Development Policy
As the national peak body for refugees and people seeking asylum and the organisations and individuals who work with and support them, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has advocated for many years for a whole-of...
Submission on the Employment White Paper
RCOA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Employment White Paper and supports the focus of these consultations on women’s economic participation and equality and the need to create “more opportunities for...
Refugee Council meeting with the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
The Refugee Council has made a submission to the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) in the lead up to their visit to Australia in December 2022. Our submission focuses on four...
