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The Rohingya United is a community soccer team with a social cause, and are becoming more popular every day. A group of Rohingya refugees in Brisbane are making their best effort to raise awareness about important issues by playing soccer across South East Queensland. Image: Image: Rohingya United Brisbane Facebook page Produced By: Sameen Arshad …
A group of refugees have been protesting outside Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ office in South Brisbane. The group is demanding the Federal government grant them permanent residency after spending more than TEN years on bridging visas. The system, meant to “fast-track” applications for refugee status and permanent visas, has led to thousands of people living in …
A woman in regional Queensland is helping refugee women to thrive and be independent in their new home. Mosaic Hues is located in Toowoomba, 125 kilometres west of Brisbane, providing social connections to new migrants with their new community. One of the programs is helping migrant women to obtain their driver’s license. The Wire’s Sameen …
Refugee week begins today, raising awareness for refugees across the world. This year, the theme is Finding Freedom: Family. The Ballina Region for Refugee group is hosting fundraising events this week to help several refugee families settle into the area. The Wire’s contributor from BayFM Dione Green spoke to Vice President Isabel Borrelli about the …
Refugee advocates are urging the government to take the lives of asylum seekers more seriously. Social support for people seeking asylum was cut by 95 per cent, with successive Federal Governments forcing people seeking asylum further into poverty, sickness and homelessness. It comes as the Albanese government spent less than half of the nearly 37 …
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In a recent development, Azerbaijan military forces launched a full-scale attack on the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh to ethnic Karabakh Armenians, forcing Karabakh forces to surrender. Following the takeover, the President of Azerbaijan announced the restoration of his nation’s sovereignty over the region. Since December 2022, they’ve been living under a …
New research from the University of New South Wales found out women with refugee backgrounds in Australia have more mental health concerns linked to the Covid19 pandemic. Researchers found out more than 68 percent of women with a refugee background have a very serious issue with fear associated with Covid-19 because of the prior trauma …
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The Australian Government’s announcement to create a path to permanent residence for Temporary Protection and SHEV visa holders has been welcomed by refugee advocate groups. However, the fate of thousands of other refugees and asylum seekers in Australia remains uncertain. The changes fall short of an across-the-board solution for all 31,000 people subject to the …