Today the Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) launched a new vision for an expanded and improved community sponsorship scheme at a community summit in Melbourne. The CRSI vision will allow ordinary...
Resettled refugees
For decades, Australia has been generously resettling some of the most vulnerable refugees in the world. Learn about how refugees are resettled under Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian program and some of its successes and challenges.
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Recent changes in Australian refugee policy
Recent years have seen numerous changes to Australia’s refugee and asylum seeker policies, largely as a political response to an increase in the number of people seeking asylum arriving in Australia by boat. This...
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Department of Home Affairs’ Annual Report 2017-2018
The year 2017-2018 has been a tumultuous period for Australian refugee policy, as evidenced by the recent Department of Home Affairs annual report. Refugee and Humanitarian Program In 2017–18, the Government’s...
Snapshot of refugee and asylum policy: Human Rights Commission reports
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a second edition of its snapshot report on people seeking asylum, refugees and human rights. The report provides a useful short summary of many concerns raised...
