This report discusses the Australian Government's 2013-14 Refugee and Humanitarian Program, drawing on consultations conducted nation-wide. Summary:

This report highlights the entrepreneurial spirit and a strong commitment to education and volunteerism brought to Australia by the 740,000 refugee and humanitarian migrants settled since Federation.

Drawing on a series of youth consultations in Victoria, WA, NSW and ACT, this project aims to develop a strategy for engaging refugee young people in advocating to have their needs and concerns addressed and ideas recognised at a national level.

Each year, the Refugee Council invites people from across Australia to participate in its national consultations on the future of Australia's refugee and humanitarian program. These consultations inform RCOA's annual submission to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship on issues the Australian Government should consider in planning the coming year's refugee program. This latest submission...

Many new Special Humanitarian Program (SHP) arrivals are living in poverty as they try to repay the cost of their travel to Australia, according to this report. Many SHP proposers were forced to arrange loans to cover travel costs through informal networks, leaving the new arrivals to begin repaying the loans as soon as they...