Defence Minister Kevin Andrews has confirmed Australian fighter jets have carried out their first air strikes against Islamic State strongholds in Syria.
“Where we were living was like a war zone … it’s been happening for generations and that hasn’t stopped yet, it just keeps going.” Rabecca Ditt was only a few months’ old when her family first had to escape the dangers of war. Born in South Sudan, Miss Ditt, her mother and brother had to…
“Sao Paulo is hard to explain because it’s not like a dangerous place but it’s not like a safe place either. At any moment anything could happen with you; you could be kidnapped … I wasn’t happy there.” Daniel Alexander Silver immigrated from Sao Paulo, Brazil, six years ago with the dream of escaping mayhem…
“Life was hard (in Uganda) but Australian life is better because you get more freedom.” Congo and Uganda are just two countries within central Africa that are subject to war, employment scarcity, below average wages and a range of socio-economic issues. Having been born in Congo, Jean Paul Nani, 20, knows this all too well.…
“My dad really wanted me to go abroad and study … It was his dream to send me overseas and get a good start.” At the young age of 18 Hatim Hussain decided to leave the comfort of his home and family in Pakistan for a better life in Australia. Twelve years later, with a business…
“It’s not easy to apply for a job. We had to start from the bottom, we struggled a lot.” Liza Palomata and her husband Ding Dong had never left their home country of the Philippines until they moved to Kuwait in 1995. Their decision was motivated by a sense of adventure, but more so due…
“I came here looking for peace … I’m happy with everything.” Teklemariam Mengistu would have been forced to fight in the Eritrean army if he and his family had not migrated from the North East African country to Australia in July 2013. Compulsory conscription in Eritrea was introduced in 1955 for both males and females.…