Refugee and Humanitarian Program Archives - Refugee Council of Australia

UNHCR Global Trends 2017 – How Australia compares with the world

June 21, 2018
Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program, Get the facts, Hot Topics, International statistics, Key Australian statistics, Resettlement, Resettlement statistics, Statistics

UNHCR's latest Global Trends report highlights that at the end of 2017, global displacement has reached yet another new record high of 68.5 million individuals, an increase of 2.9 million since 2016. Each year, UNHCR releases statistics on the number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict or generalised violence, including refugees, internally displaced people, people seeking asylum and stateless individuals.

We can and should do more: Australia’s Humanitarian Program 2018-19

May 25, 2018
Annual consultations

The Refugee Council of Australia's submission into the Department of Home Affair's Discussion Paper on the Humanitarian Program 2018-2019 examines priority needs for resettlement, the need for a larger and more responsive Humanitarian Program, and calls for a community sponsorship initiative and a National Program of Action.

A platform for change: Reforming Australian refugee policy

May 24, 2018
Key publications, Latest News, Reports, Working with our members

In 2017, a wide range of actors from across the Australian refugee sector and movement worked together to articulate a platform for reform of Australian refugee policy in 2018 and beyond. This joint platform sets out the problems of refugee policy in Australia and, more importantly, what we think are the solutions.

2018-2019 Pre-Budget submission

December 20, 2017
Asylum Submissions, Settlement submissions, Submissions

On 20 September 2017, the Assistant Minister to the Treasurer called for submissions from individuals, businesses and community groups seeking their views regarding priorities for the 2018-19 Budget. This submission focused on the Refugee and Humanitarian Program, overseas aid, temporary protection, asylum and offshore processing.

The Department reports: the annual report of the Department of Immigration 2016-2017

November 10, 2017
Asylum facts, Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program, Australian statistics, Becoming Australian, Detention, Hot Topics, Offshore processing

The year 2016-2017 has been a turbulent period for Australian refugee policy, as evidenced by the recent Department of Immigration and Border Protection's 2016-17 annual report. The report provides key statistics and information on changes to policy and practice during the past year.

Submission on visa simplification framework

September 28, 2017
Asylum Submissions, Submissions

In this submission, we made early comments on a discussion paper proposing a fundamental simplification of the visa framework.

Briefing paper on 2017-2018 Refugee & Humanitarian Program submission

August 1, 2017
Annual consultations, Our work, RCOA Publications, Submissions

This briefing paper summarises the Refugee Council of Australia's longer submission to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship on the 2017-2018 Refugee and Humanitarian Program.

Key issues for refugees from Myanmar (Burma)

July 18, 2017
Asia-Pacific, Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program, Get the facts, Leaving danger

This page summarises the key facts about Myanmar (or Burma), and the reasons why so many people have been displaced from this country.

Less than one third of refugees in Australia’s humanitarian program are resettled from UNHCR

July 14, 2017
Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program, Australian statistics, Hot Topics, Latest News, Resettlement, Resettlement statistics, Statistics

New documents obtained by the Refugee Council of Australia through freedom of information (FOI) show that only one third of people in Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Program are referred by UNHCR. This increasing trend towards selecting refugees based on community links in Australia undermines the principle that Australia should be taking the most vulnerable refugees.

UNHCR Global Trends 2016 – How Australia compares with the world

June 30, 2017
Archive, Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program, Get the facts, Hot Topics, International statistics, Resettlement, Resettlement statistics, Statistics

New global refugee statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Global Trends report highlight the need for Australia to increase support for refugees, including those from eastern and central Africa.