Global
- The number of asylum seekers arriving in Greece (a country with approximately 11 million people) by boat this year has now exceeded half a million. Read more: http://www.unhcr.org/56263d536.html
- Fifteen arson attacks have been carried out against refugee centres in Sweden this year. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-21/arsonists-attack-asylum-seeker-centre-in-sweden/6871232
- 200,000 refugee children will receive free schooling in Lebanon up to year nine. Read more: http://www.unhcr.org/560e96b56.html
At Home
- One of the four refugees resettled from Nauru to Cambodia has chosen to return to Myanmar. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/first-failure-of-australias-55-million-cambodia-refugee-plan-20151016-gkb42q
- The Australian government is developing a deal to resettle refugees in the Philippines. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalition-government-in-talks-to-resettle-refugees-in-the-philippines-20151008-gk4u5m.html
- Doctors at the Royal Children’s Hospital have said they will not release refugee children back to detention. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/royal-childrens-hospital-doctors-refuse-to-return-children-to-detention-20151010-gk63xm.html