On 20 October 2023, Refugee Council CEO Paul Power wrote to the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Minister for Immigration to express our distress about the situation in Israel and Gaza, and ask that the Australian...
Refugees in the world
Learn more about what happens to refugees in the world - why they leave, where they go, and how they are treated. You can also find information by topic here.Our work
Government must act on pledge for more refugee places as global displacement reaches all-time high
Today’s release of a new global report on forced displacement highlights the need for the Albanese Government to act on Labor’s pledge to increase Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Program, the Refugee Council of...
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Global resettlement statistics
Every year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) publishes statistics on global resettlement. These statistics tell us where refugees are coming from, where they are being resettled to, and the...
Key facts on the conflict in Syria and Iraq
Millions of people have fled the conflict in Syria and Iraq in the past few years. Why have they left? How many of them have left? How has Australia responded?
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ALP refugee policy commitments in their 2021 National Platform
This brief outlines the Australian Labor Party's commitments in its national platform on refugee policy, grouped by topic.
