This submission highlighted key issues relating to Australia's engagement in Afghanistan, including costs, the need for an emergency response, the impacts on disapora communities, and its impact on people from...
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Rebuilding a responsive and strategic refugee program: Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper on the 2021-22 Humanitarian Program
This submission brings together the views of our member organisations, refugee service providers, and refugee communities, ranging from domestic issues to the growing global displacement, especially at a time when a...
Submission to the inquiry into the efficacy, fairness, timeliness and costs of the processing and granting of visa classes which provide for or allow for family and partner reunions
This submission highlights and builds on the many recommendations made in the past six years on how to improve access to family reunion for refugee communities.
Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review: Papua New Guinea
This joint submission by the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and the Global Detention Project focuses on human rights concerns relating to PNG’s treatment of refugees and people seeking asylum, including its use of...
Submission on pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants
This submission provides an overview of Australia's law and policy on boat turn-backs, existing restrictions in law and practice in relation to the right to seek asylum at international borders, and examples of...
Submission on the Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020
This submission opposes a Bil that would deny refugee applicants procedural fairness through a secretive Ministerial process which they would be unable to challenge. The Bill offends the principles of the rule of law...
UN member states challenge Australia’s refugee and asylum policies
Forty-seven UN member states raised concerns about and recommended changes to the Australian Government’s refugee, asylum and immigration detention policies when Australia’s human rights record came up for its third...
Homelessness and hunger among people seeking asylum during COVID-19
In August 2020, the Refugee Council of Australia surveyed charities, asylum support agencies and volunteer groups to understand better the situation that they and their clients are facing as a result of the COVID-19...
The Federal Budget: What it means for refugees and people seeking humanitarian protection
What does the Federal Budget hold for refugees and people seeking humanitarian protection? This analysis provides a full briefing of those changes.
2018 Program
You can read the report by the Refugee Council of Australia and Melbourne Social Equity Institute on the outcomes of the second annual conference held in Melbourne on 13-14 February 2018.
Submission to the inquiry into issues facing diaspora communities in Australia
This submission focused on the concerns, experiences, and recommendations for refugee diaspora communities in Australia.
RCOA Impact Report 2019-20
We promote humane and compassionate policies for people seeking safety in Australia and around the globe. While we cannot predict the wars, conflicts and oppressive regimes that will force people to seek asylum, we can...
