In their home country,Seema and Sania could not go to high school

In their home country,Seema and Sania could not go to high school

There are about 12,000 students from refugee backgrounds enrolled in NSW’s public schools,with about 1800 starting as new students each year.

  • byMary Ward

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The unwanted:High Court to determine the fate of another 127 in limbo

The unwanted:High Court to determine the fate of another 127 in limbo

The detainees from Iran,Iraq and Sudan are at the heart of a new test for the government in its attempts to defend the detention regime.

  • byDavid Crowe
Labor plans new defence in court clash over immigration detainees
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Labor plans new defence in court clash over immigration detainees

The government intends to mount a fresh defence in the High Court against asylum seekers who refuse to co-operate with Australian authorities.

  • byDavid Crowe
Denying desperate Gazans refuge exposes the hard politics for Australia

Denying desperate Gazans refuge exposes the hard politics for Australia

People in safe,conflict-free zones need “moral fables” to simplify conflicts,but nothing can airbrush the complexity of the war in Gaza.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
‘She was looking after four medical students:three children and me!’

‘She was looking after four medical students:three children and me!’

After 57 eventful years of marriage,Phan Giang Sang and Kim Châu are clear about what matters in life.

  • byFenella Souter
Temple rising from the ashes to welcome the Year of the Dragon

Temple rising from the ashes to welcome the Year of the Dragon

A year ago,a devastating fire destroyed the Bright Moon Buddhist Temple – but the cycle of birth,death and rebirth goes on.

  • byStephen Brook
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‘A city to be reckoned with’:Springvale is the beating heart of our refugee diaspora

‘A city to be reckoned with’:Springvale is the beating heart of our refugee diaspora

The first home of many Vietnamese and Cambodian migrants is ready to embrace a greater ambition for its future.

  • byCara Waters
‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’:Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke

‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’:Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke

The son of Sri Lankan immigrants,Shaun Christie-David is a former banker and now an award-winning social entrepreneur.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Locked up for seven years and beaten:Khan Ali is a face of asylum policy shame

Locked up for seven years and beaten:Khan Ali is a face of asylum policy shame

In the mental health hospital where 30-year-old Khan Ali Safdary now resides,the Afghan refugee says:“Persecutions I endured in Australia are unparalleled.”

  • bySaba Vasefi
Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria
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Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria

When two-year-old Saad climbs the playground near his Melbourne home,it’s a literal world away from the conflict and danger his parents fled.

  • byCarolyn Webb
A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke
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A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke

Everyone in Rwanda knew travelling after dark was inviting trouble. I’d taken a risk for a trivial reason,and now a large man with an assault rifle was at the window of the car,making demands.

  • byTony Wright