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Helping Refugees to Thrive

Wendy Williams, Monday, 27th February 2017 -  Mahir Momand is the founding CEO of Thrive, a new microfinance business aimed at helping refugees in Australia. He is this week’s Changemaker. Not-for-profit organisation Thrive…

Australia’s Refugee and Asylum Seeker Paradox

Ellie Cooper, Friday, 24th February 2017 -  Australia excels in resettling refugees but is trailing the world in its approach to asylum seekers, the Refugee Council’s first State of the Nation report has found. The report said…

Human Rights Organisations Call for Immediate Action on Offshore Detention

Wendy Williams, Friday, 3rd February 2017 -  Human rights organisations across the country have united to call for immediate action on offshore detention and for refugees on Manus Island and Nauru to be brought to safety in Australia.…

Going Against the Odds in 2016 – Year in Review

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 22nd December 2016 -  As we come to the end of year there is a growing consensus on social media that 2016 will be entered into the history books as one of the worst years ever. But this year has also brought it’s…

Govt Denies Data on Refugees With Disabilities

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 14th December 2016 -  The federal government has denied it has any data on how many people with physical or mental disabilities are being held in offshore or onshore immigration detention centres despite…

Government US Resettlement Agreement on Refugees Announced

Lina Caneva, Sunday, 13th November 2016 -  The federal government has reached a deal with the United States to resettle refugees from Nauru and Manus Island in what the prime minister has described as a “one-off only agreement”.…

NFP Report Claims Refugee ‘Torture’ on Nauru

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 18th October 2016 -  A new not-for-profit report by aid agency Amnesty International claims the Australian government is responsible for the deliberate and systematic torture of refugees on Nauru…

Govt Refugee Commitments Welcome But Not Groundbreaking Say NFPs

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 21st September 2016 -  Malcolm Turnbull’s commitments to boost the government’s humanitarian refugee program are “welcome but hardly groundbreaking”, according to Not for Profits. The prime…

Scholarships Help Refugees Overcome Financial Barriers to Work

Wendy Williams, Monday, 19th September 2016 -  Refugees looking to get their foot on the career ladder are getting a step up with new scholarships worth more than $90,000 that will help them overcome the financial barriers to the…

Australia Must Triple Its Humanitarian Intake, Oxfam Says

Ellie Cooper, Friday, 19th August 2016 -  International aid agency Oxfam said Australia must triple its “shameful” intake of asylum seekers and refugees within five years, to 42,000, to help address the global humanitarian…

NFPs Call for Humane Resettlement of Manus Asylum Seekers

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 18th August 2016 -  Not for Profits are calling on the Australian Government to resettle refugees and asylum seekers in a “humane and sustainable way” in the wake of news that an agreement has been made…

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