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New permits allow Indonesian refugees to move on in Papua New Guinea
14 Oct 2005 On the first anniversary of their transfer to a remote refugee settlement area in Papua New Guinea, a group of 184 refugees from Indonesia's Papua province (formerly known as Irian Jaya) have been granted residency permits which will transform their daily lives -
Basketball bonus lets young refugees shoot hoops of hope
1 Sep 2005 With an extra bounce in their step, students in refugee settlements in East Awin, Papua New Guinea, are rediscovering the joys of playing basketball, thanks to a donation by the Fédération Internationale de Basketball that is drawing young refugees and locals together. -
Young Australians get Streetwize about refugees
10 Feb 2005 Streetwize Communications has produced "The Other Side", an educational comic strip that draws on real refugee stories to inform young people in Australia about refugee and asylum-seeker issues. -
A new home in Australia for refugees from West Africa's wars
19 Jan 2005 More than a decade on the run from West African wars has ended in smiles and safety on the other side of the world for 376 refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone. The refugee families - the majority headed by women - arrived in Australia earlier this week. -
Australia accepts Iraqi refugees from Nauru
17 Dec 2004 A group of 23 recently-recognised Iraqi refugees have left Nauru after more than three years, arriving in Australia to join their relatives. UNHCR has welcomed the move, and urged the government to grant complementary protection to other Iraqi asylum seekers on the island. -
Scholarship offers new hope to refugees in Australia
15 Dec 2004 The University of Adelaide programme offers one scholarship in each of its five faculties in areas of study as diverse as medicine, commerce, the humanities and engineering for refugees with Temporary Protection Visas who meet the academic standards. UNHCR speaks to an Iraqi recipient of the scholarship. -
German scholarship helps train refugee teachers in PNG
8 Dec 2004 Four young refugees are on their way to becoming teachers in Papua New Guinea, thanks to the DAFI Scholarships Programme funded by the German government. Upon graduation, they will teach other refugees in East Awin settlement and hopefully inspire refugee girls to stay in school. -
In PNG, refugees from Indonesia's Papua province start complex journey to new home
1 Oct 2004 The UN refugee agency is relocating a group of 185 refugees from Papua New Guinea's Vanimo to East Awin, where they can receive more land to grow crops and raise livestock, enjoy better services like education and health care, and apply for the right to free movement within their host country. -
UNHCR welcomes move to let temporary refugees stay in Australia
13 Jul 2004 The UN refugee agency has welcomed new measures by the Australian government that recognise the contribution of refugees and give 9,500 temporary protection visa holders a chance to apply to stay in the country permanently.