Aisha, Fatima and Ali can now live in safety in Australia

Friday, June 27 2025

Dear friends of Refugee Legal, We are delighted to tell you that the initial match of $75,000 from our pro bono law firm partners has been reached. DONATE NOW Your support and generosity ensures that we can make a real difference to people’s lives in these times of great uncertainty and upheaval. For people like […]

A message from Prof Gillian Triggs AC on World Refugee Day

Friday, June 20 2025

Dear friends of Refugee Legal, I’m often asked for support from many compelling causes. All of them are worthy of our generosity. How does one choose? DONATE NOW As a Patron of Refugee Legal, I was recently speaking to David Manne. We know that, above all else, people forced to flee from danger in their […]

Fighting for fairness to end deportation to danger

Saturday, June 14 2025

Dear friends of Refugee Legal, Right now, we’re fighting to secure fairness for people at risk of being deported to places of danger. DONATE NOW TO DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT These people were refused protection years ago under the fundamentally unfair Fast Track process—without the right to a hearing on review. A process routinely resulting in […]

Wonderful news as Najib wins a 10-year battle for justice

Friday, June 6 2025

Dear friends of Refugee Legal, I want to share with you a story about how our work in these times of great uncertainty and upheaval makes a real difference to people’s lives. People like Najib*, who, with our help, was granted permanency and reunited with his wife Noor and their 12 year-old son Hashim, after […]

The fight for justice and freedom must continue

Thursday, May 29 2025

Dear friends of Refugee Legal, In these times of great uncertainty and upheaval, you can do something to make a real difference to people’s lives. As crises escalate globally—and reverberate deeply here—rights and lives are endangered by the day. Right now—across the nation—many thousands of people seeking refugee protection remain in protracted limbo, subject to […]

Thank you for your support in 2024

Monday, December 23 2024

As the year comes to a close, I want to express our deep gratitude for your incredible support throughout 2024. Through your generosity, we have been able to provide unprecedented levels of legal assistance to thousands of vulnerable people with predicaments that could hardly matter more: seeking protection from persecution, safety from family violence, freedom […]

Saafi* finally reunites with his family after more than a decade

Thursday, December 19 2024

Refugee Legal’s work continues to be shaped by global humanitarian crises that know no barriers – and which continue to tear families apart. Please donate to our End of Year Appeal to power our work to help families reunite here. Saafi*, a 47-year-old Afghan Shia Hazara man, contracted polio as a child, leaving him with […]

Help us fight for justice and freedom for people like Joyce*

Saturday, December 14 2024

The need to protect human rights is more urgent now than ever. Please donate to our End of Year Appeal so we can help people like Joyce* Just months ago, Joyce, a 42-year-old woman from Papua New Guinea (PNG), was served at her home with a ‘Notice of Intention to Remove’ by Australian Border Force, […]

Our End of Year Appeal

Thursday, December 12 2024

On Human Rights Day, the Government’s attempts to circumvent the High Court’s ruling that ankle bracelet monitors and curfews are unconstitutional, are a powerful reminder that the battle for justice continues. Today, amidst these injustices, we are launching our End of Year Appeal. As invoked by the 2024 Human Rights Day theme, ‘Our Rights, Our […]

Refugee Legal Annual Dinner

Sunday, October 13 2024

Dear Colleague, I’d be delighted if you could join us for Refugee Legal’s Annual Dinner to be held on Wednesday 27 November 2024. We are honored to have Zaki Haidari as our Keynote Speaker this year. Zaki is a 2020 Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Hero and a Strategic Campaigner at Amnesty International Australia. […]