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Australia + 11 more

Three refugee issues requiring urgent change in 2022

Ahead of the Federal Election, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has outlined three major issues that require immediate attention and action in 2022. ROCA is calling for: Priority 1: Finding...

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  • RCOA
Posted
14 Apr 2022
Originally published
13 Apr 2022

Australia + 2 more

Closure of Park Hotel detention welcome but more refugees need freedom

Today’s release of 23 refugees – eight from Melbourne’s Park Hotel and 15 from other detention centres – is a small but important step towards ending Australia’s cruel punishment of people who sought...

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  • RCOA
Posted
8 Apr 2022
Originally published
7 Apr 2022

Australia + 1 more

Refugee Council of Australia welcomes final report on Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan

The Refugee Council of Australia welcomes the final report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s inquiry on Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan. We endorse the...

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  • RCOA
Posted
7 Apr 2022
Originally published
6 Apr 2022

Australia + 1 more

Government listens to community pleas by adding 16,500 new places for Afghan refugees

The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed the announcement in the 2022 Federal Budget of 16,500 additional places for refugees from Afghanistan over the next four years. “By setting aside...

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  • RCOA
Posted
30 Mar 2022
Originally published
29 Mar 2022

Australia + 1 more

Refugee Council of Australia welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to provide temporary humanitarian visas for Ukrainians

The Refugee Council of Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of temporary humanitarian visas for Ukrainian people seeking safety in Australia. “Enabling Ukrainian people to...

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  • RCOA
Posted
22 Mar 2022
Originally published
22 Mar 2022

Australia + 3 more

Refugee groups urge immediate action to reinstate humanitarian visas ahead of Federal Budget

The proposal includes 20,000 humanitarian visa places plus an additional intake of 20,000 places for refugees from Afghanistan. Community and refugee groups from across Australia have come together...

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  • RCOA
Posted
17 Mar 2022
Originally published
17 Mar 2022

Australia + 4 more

Australians want a more open-hearted national response to refugees

The Australian Government must reverse its recent cuts to the Refugee and Humanitarian Program to meet community expectations that the nation can do more to respond to refugees displaced from...

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  • RCOA
Posted
28 Feb 2022
Originally published
28 Feb 2022

Afghanistan + 4 more

Possibilities and impediments to cross-border movement in Afghanistan

Briefing prepared by Ahmad Shuja Jamal, Special Advisor to Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) Afghanistan’s neighbours closed their borders to Afghans after 15 August 2021. Some have reopened them...

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  • RCOA
Posted
14 Feb 2022
Originally published
14 Feb 2022

Australia + 1 more

15,000 places for Afghan nationals over four years: Why Australians are disappointed

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced in January 2022 that the Australian Government would provide at least 15,000 places over four years for Afghan nationals from within the existing...

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  • RCOA
Posted
14 Feb 2022
Originally published
14 Feb 2022

Australia + 13 more

Facilitating humanitarian arrivals in the context of global vaccine inequities

From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic until the end of 2021, border restrictions have meant only a trickle of refugee and humanitarian visa holders have been allowed to enter Australia. With the...

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  • RCOA
Posted
11 Feb 2022
Originally published
11 Feb 2022

Australia + 1 more

Australia’s Afghan resettlement response a bitter disappointment

The Australian Government’s refugee resettlement response to the Afghanistan crisis is so bitterly disappointing that it will leave Afghan Australians and their millions of supporters across the...

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  • RCOA
Posted
24 Jan 2022
Originally published
21 Jan 2022

Australia + 1 more

Australia must match other nations on Afghanistan aid to save lives

Australia should at least match comparable nations for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to help avoid a “humanitarian catastrophe” – as nearly a million children face starvation. Additional...

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  • RCOA
Posted
18 Jan 2022
Originally published
18 Jan 2022

Indonesia + 13 more

Refugees live in destitution in Indonesia: Years of limbo and suffering lead refugees to protests for many weeks now for resettlement

Guest post by Sitarah Mohammadi and Sajjad Askary Outline issues of refugees in Indonesia There are approximately 13,700 refugees currently stranded in Indonesia, unable to access any form of durable...

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  • RCOA
Posted
11 Jan 2022
Originally published
10 Jan 2022

Australia + 2 more

Refugee Council of Australia: Our impact in 2020-2021

Listening to the voices of lived experience RCOA walks the talk of promoting refugee leadership In line with RCOA’s policy to put people with lived experience at the forefront of all we do, Adama...

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  • RCOA
Posted
20 Dec 2021
Originally published
20 Dec 2021

Canada + 2 more

Refugees start new lives in Canada

Refugees trapped for years in Australia’s cruel offshore processing system are starting new lives in Canada after landing in Vancouver and Toronto yesterday (Dec 11). Eight refugees, who were sent to...

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  • RCOA
Posted
13 Dec 2021
Originally published
10 Dec 2021

Australia + 1 more

Lifting of travel restrictions welcome news for refugee visa holders

The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed today’s announcement that fully vaccinated refugee and humanitarian visa holders will be able to enter Australia from 1 December 2021. RCOA chief...

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  • RCOA
Posted
22 Nov 2021
Originally published
22 Nov 2021

Australia

Refugee Alternatives 2021 - Rebuilding: Resilience and Innovation - Conference Outcomes Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REBUILDING: RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION The theme of the conference this year was Rebuilding: Resilience and Innovation. The main focus was on navigating the impact of COVID19 and...

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  • RCOA
Posted
8 Nov 2021
Originally published
8 Nov 2021

Australia

Refugee program smallest in 45 years while migration program quota filled

The Australian Government filled its Migration Program quota in 2020-21 but issued fewer than half of the available refugee and humanitarian visas, the Department of Home Affairs’ latest annual...

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  • RCOA
Posted
22 Oct 2021
Originally published
22 Oct 2021

PNG + 3 more

Refugees trapped in Australia’s offshore detention to get new life in Canada

Statement by Paul Power CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia Ten refugees currently held in Australia’s cruel offshore detention system will be able to restart their lives in Canada before...

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  • RCOA
Posted
18 Oct 2021
Originally published
17 Oct 2021

PNG + 4 more

US, Canada and NZ support needed as Australia abandons refugees in PNG

The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has called on the governments of the United States, Canada and New Zealand to step in to resettle refugees who face an uncertain future in Papua New Guinea...

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  • RCOA
Posted
6 Oct 2021
Originally published
6 Oct 2021

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