The Refugee Council of Australia made a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants’s “Report on Revisiting migrants’ contributions from a human rights-based approach: a...
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The Refugee Council of Australia made a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants’s “Report on Revisiting migrants’ contributions from a human rights-based approach: a...
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At each Global Refugee Forum (GRF), governments, civil society organisations and others are invited to makepledgeson additional concrete actions they will take over the coming four years to support...
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The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed the High Court’s decision that has found indefinite immigration detention to be unlawful and unconstitutional in cases where there is no prospect...
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On Friday, 20 October 2023, our CEO Paul Power wrote to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, to draw attention to the situation of Afghan refugees who are living in Pakistan and facing imminent...
On 3 October 2023, a joint statement was delivered by ISHR on behalf of a group of Sudanese, regional and international organisations during the informal on the draft resolution ‘Responding to the...
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Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed the Albanese Government’s plan to invest $160 million in building a faster and fairer onshore protection visa assessment process. “For years, the...
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In 2019, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) was one of 29 signatories to the Refugee Participation Pledge, an initiative led by the Global Refugee-led Network and launched at the first Global...
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Since the Australian Government first started receiving international criticism of its hardline responses to people arriving by boat to seek asylum, Australian politicians have responded by claiming...
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Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement today that it will increase the annual Refugee and Humanitarian Program to 20,000 places in 2023-24. “The...
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In response to growing displacement and resettlement needs globally, the UN refugee agency pleaded with states to expand and speed up resettlement processes and to increase opportunities for refugees...
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Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has called on the Australian Government to recommit to finding solutions for 80 refugees still suffering in Papua New Guinea 10 years after the two governments...
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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...
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In May 2023, RCOA made a submission to the Department of Home Affair’s consultation on the Refugee and Humanitarian Program. Having provided detailed feedback to the Australian Government on...
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Last night’s 2023-24 Federal Budget has left Australians with no answers about the Albanese Government’s plans to act on its commitment to expand the Refugee and Humanitarian Program or to reverse...
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In April 2023, the United Nations Hight Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Filippo Grandi, visited Australia for a 3 day tour of meetings with Australian Government representatives, NGOs and people from...
The Refugee Council of Australia’s made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s inquiry into Migration, Pathway to Nation Building. Australia has welcomed 950,000 refugees and...
Australia has established, is piloting or has the potential to introduce a range of complementary migration pathways for refugees and others in humanitarian need beyond Australia’s long-standing and...
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The Refugee Council urges Federal Parliamentarians to support this Bill to evacuate people held in offshore processing to safety while they wait for a durable solution. This Bill sets out a...
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) welcomes the Albanese Government’s long-awaited announcement of its plans to end the cruel and unnecessary policy of temporary protection. “Today’s...
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) welcomes today’s announcement that the Albanese Government will abolish a ministerial direction which placed refugees who arrived by boat last in decisions...