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UNHCR welcomes close of Australia's Pacific Solution
8 Feb 2008 -
Q&A: Dinka from Down Under keeps spotlight on Sudan
23 Nov 2007 Aguil de'Chut Deng, an ethnic Dinka from South Sudan, made a big impression during UNHCR's annual ExCom meeting, where she presented the official NGO statement. She discusses her new life and work in Australia. -
Australian police brush up on Sudanese refugees
23 Aug 2007 Police officers in the Australian state of Victoria have toured South Sudan to gain insight into the refugees being resettled in their Melbourne suburb. They are using the experience to educate others about the Sudanese. -
Australia grants visa to Iraqi man held on Pacific island for five years
1 Feb 2007 The ordeal of Iraqi refugee Mohammed Faisal is finally over after he was granted an Australian protection visa following five years stuck on a tiny Pacific island and five months in a psychiatric hospital in Brisbane. -
Australian legislation
12 May 2006 -
Australia: Proposed new border control measures raise serious concerns
18 Apr 2006 -
Nauru: UNHCR welcomes Australian government decision, urges no detention
14 Oct 2005 -
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.