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Australian Government must help bring more families together: Oxfam

Oxfam Australia is calling on the Australian Government to help bring more families together by creating a new family reunion visa stream for refugees, as global leaders gather in Geneva for the inaugural Global Refugee Forum. The human rights organisation is also urging the Government to increase its overall humanitarian intake from a disproportionately low […]

People seeking protection in Greece denied a fair asylum process

Only one in five people seeking asylum in Greece has access to a state-appointed lawyer and on Greek islands only 2 out of 100 appeal cases get access to legal aid, a report by Oxfam and the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) revealed today. The new report, ‘No-rights zone’, has exposed that people who seek […]

Is your fashion fave Naughty or Nice on Oxfam’s Christmas list?

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2019 Is your fashion fave Naughty or Nice on Oxfam’s Christmas list? Australian fashion brands that are lagging behind must make real commitments to ensure the payment of living wages to the women who are making their clothes and remain trapped in a cycle of poverty no matter how hard they work, […]

Oxfam welcomes Government promises of better support for refugees

Responding to Immigration Minister David Coleman’s announcement the Government has accepted fully or in part all seven recommendations of the Shergold Review into Australia’s integration, employment and settlement outcomes for refugees, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said: “Oxfam welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to better support the settlement of refugees in Australia, in response […]

Death toll in Yemen conflict surpasses 100,000, Oxfam calls for halt to arms sales

Today the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) announced that the number of reported fatalities in Yemen since 2015 has passed 100,000. This includes over 12,000 civilians killed in direct attacks, ACLED said. Muhsin Siddiquey, Oxfam’s Country Director in Yemen, said: “This is further proof of the mindless destruction and injustice of the […]

Chilean Government cancels UN Climate Summit – Oxfam reaction

Responding to the decision by the Government of Chile not to host the UN Climate Change Summit in December 2019 following weeks of social unrest, Asier Hernando, Deputy Director of Oxfam in Latin America and the Caribbean said: “Oxfam supports the right of the Chilean people to peaceful protest, and their right to demand that […]

Green Climate Fund short-changed by rich, polluting countries – Oxfam

Rich, polluting countries such as Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States are short-changing poor countries of billions of dollars that they need to cut emissions and adapt to the climate crisis, Oxfam said today. The two-day pledging conference to the Green Climate Fund begins in Paris today (Thursday). To date, developed countries have […]

15 million Yemenis see water supplies cut amid fuel crisis

Water supplies have been cut to 15 million people in Yemen because of a fuel crisis, putting them at risk of deadly diseases like cholera, analysis by aid agencies, including Oxfam, has shown. Eleven million people relying on water supplied by piped networks and four million people who depend on water trucked in by private […]

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