The journey Systematic discrimination, persecution, war and ongoing genocide forced me, my family and thousands of others from the Hazara ethnic minority group to leave our motherland of Afghanistan in search of safety...
Category - Ambassadors
Shahrnaz
The journey During the civil war in the early 1990s in Afghanistan, my family and I fled to different provinces to stay alive. We eventually migrated to Pakistan. I completed my primary and high school in Pakistan and...
Farida
The journey I was born in Afghanistan and migrated to Sydney in 1999. But my journey started in the mid-1980s when I was fortunate enough to be given a scholarship to study abroad. I travelled from Afghanistan to...
Safiullah
The journey Unlike many refugees who arrived in Australia after a difficult journey, I landed here in 2017 with a valid visa and a scholarship to complete my PhD. Before that, I left my family and hometown in...
Edita
The journey Born and raised in Sarajevo, I lived a joyful life with my husband and two young children, surrounded by family and friends. We had everything: university degrees, jobs, a nice flat, a car and summer...
Erfanullah
The Early Years Afghanistan is a rough but beautiful country plagued by conflict and instability. It is home to resilient and proud people of different ethnicities. Most of its recent history has unfortunately been rife...
Lattouf
I arrived in Melbourne, Australia in 2021. I was born and raised in Lebanon, I completed my Master’s degree in Music Education at Antonine university-Beirut. Growing up in Lebanon, I have so many memories of wars...
Sorgul
I arrived in Australia in July 2018 with my family on a refugee humanitarian visa. Prior to that, I lived in Turkey for four years following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. I was born in Northern Syria...
Abang
I am a survivor of life. My long journey began at the age of five years old in the war-torn country of Sudan. My father was a university professor where he entered politics to extend support and advocacy to the people...
Oliver
I arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1994, after 2 years of travelling as a refugee with my mother and siblings, through Jordan, Turkey and Greece before being granted a refugee visa to Australia. I knew we had to leave...
