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Resources Face to Face Our community

Classroom resources for teachers

24 November 2020

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Keeping the Australian Government accountable: a guide

7 February 2020

Refugees in Australia Resources

Understanding refugee communities

1 March 2021

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Glossary and acronyms

27 January 2019

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Australia’s growing linguistic diversity: a strategic approach to language services

4 July 2020

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News Reports

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...

22 January 2021

News Reports

Homelessness and Hunger Among People Seeking Asylum During COVID-19

18 December 2020

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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.

7 October 2020

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RCOA Impact Report 2019-20

8 September 2020

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COVID-19 and humanitarian migrants on temporary visas: assessing the public costs

This paper estimates the impact of COVID-19. It finds that nearly 19,000 refugees and asylum seekers on temporary visas will lose their jobs because of the current economic downturn.

29 July 2020

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The impacts of COVID-19 on people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas

17 July 2020

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Seven years on: An overview of Australia’s offshore processing policies

This report aims to provide the key figures related to Australia's offshore processing policies, seven years on: how many people have been sent offshore, where people are now, where they were from, how many returned or...

16 July 2020

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Refugee resettlement to fall short of national and global targets, as COVID-19 pandemic halts travel

29 April 2020

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Concerns about systemic cruelty and arbitrariness in Australia’s immigration detention system raised with two United Nations bodies ahead of their visits to Australia

This report raises key issues about Australia's detention system to two UN bodies, and Australia's breach of its obligations under the Optional Protocol on the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).

11 February 2020

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Refugee Education Special Interest Group

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Resources

Classroom resources for teachers

Keeping the Australian Government accountable: a guide

Understanding refugee communities

Visa cancellations cases

Glossary and acronyms

Australia’s growing linguistic diversity: a strategic approach to language services

Showcase

UN member states challenge Australia’s refugee and asylum policies

Homelessness and Hunger Among People Seeking Asylum During COVID-19

The Federal Budget: What it means for refugees and people seeking humanitarian protection

RCOA Impact Report 2019-20

COVID-19 and humanitarian migrants on temporary visas: assessing the public costs

The impacts of COVID-19 on people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas

Seven years on: An overview of Australia’s offshore processing policies

Refugee resettlement to fall short of national and global targets, as COVID-19 pandemic halts travel

Concerns about systemic cruelty and arbitrariness in Australia’s immigration detention system raised with two United Nations bodies ahead of their visits to Australia

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