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Billion-dollar benefit: new report identifies five ways to harness untapped skilled workforce

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Embargoed until 10am Tuesday June 20.  Skilled migrants and refugees already living in Australia are an overlooked solution to Australia’s wide-reaching skills shortages, which if harnessed could inject billions of dollars into the economy, according to a new report.  The Billion Dollar Benefit: A roadmap for unleashing the economic potential of refugees and migrants report … Continued

Billion-dollar benefit: new report identifies five ways to harness untapped skilled workforce

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Embargoed until 10am Tuesday June 20.  Skilled migrants and refugees already living in Australia are an overlooked solution to Australia’s wide-reaching skills shortages, which if harnessed could inject billions of dollars into the economy, according to a new report.  The Billion Dollar Benefit: A roadmap for unleashing the economic potential of refugees and migrants report … Continued

Monash Experts: Refugee Week (18-24 June)

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Monash University experts are available to discuss Refugee Week, with this year’s theme being “finding freedom”.  Explore Monash University’s extensive hub of expert articles and podcasts.  Professor Jane Wilkinson, Monash Faculty of EducationContact details: +61 427 217 933* or [email protected]*Available until 1pm Monday 19 JuneRead more of Jane’s work on Monash Lens The following can … Continued

Trust vital for migrant support: Australian Red Cross report

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A new report by Australian Red Cross is shedding light on the experiences of migrants, who they trust to provide humanitarian services, and how humanitarian actors and government can better work together to meet their needs. The Trust in Humanitarian Action: Migrants’ Perspectives report, released today at the start of Refugee Week, reflects insights gained … Continued

Cultivating a future worth living in for asylum-seeking youth

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An initiative run by and for people from asylum-seeking backgrounds is providing young asylum seekers living in Australia with essential access to education and employment opportunities.  There are more than 25 million asylum seekers world-wide and around 30,000 people who fled their homes for safety and arrived by boat in Australia during 2012–2013. Most of … Continued

Australia must increase humanitarian intake amidst record-breaking displacement

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One of Australia’s largest refugee resettlement providers has called for urgent action to lift Australia’s humanitarian intake, as new research shows the number of people experiencing forced displacement increased at a record-breaking rate in 2022. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report, ‘Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2022‘’, released today, found that more … Continued

Home Affairs to front Migration Committee

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Department of Home Affairs boss, Mr Michael Pezzullo AO, will front the Joint Standing Committee on Migration on Wednesday 14 June 2023 to provide evidence to the committee’s Migration, Pathway to Nation Building inquiry. This will be the seventh public hearing for the inquiry and the first time the Department appears. Committee Chair, Maria Vamvakinou MP, said … Continued