Episodes

  • 'Save us from this hopeless situation': Afghan refugee calls on Australia to protect his family

    'Save us from this hopeless situation': Afghan refugee calls on Australia to protect his family
    Jul 3 2025
    Ahmad and his family have spent the past three and a half years living in limbo after fleeing the Taliban for Pakistan. He has now waited more than 42 months to hear a response to his Refugee and Humanitarian visa application from the Australian government. As Pakistani authorities boost efforts to deport migrants like Ahmad's family back to Afghanistan, he is fearing persecution and even death at the hands of the Taliban.
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    10 mins
  • ‘I didn’t sleep at all’: One mother’s terrifying wait for news from a war zone

    ‘I didn’t sleep at all’: One mother’s terrifying wait for news from a war zone
    Jun 27 2025
    It was a tense week for families with loved ones in the Middle East – especially for one Melbourne mother separated from her three sons in Iran. When phone and internet failed, she did not know if they had survived.
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    5 mins
  • Amy thought she had a secure job as an international student - she was wrong

    Amy thought she had a secure job as an international student - she was wrong
    Jun 21 2025
    Since 2024, the federal government has launched several policies to restrict international student numbers, including raising the fees for student visa applications, and slowing down the processing time for visas. The new rules have significantly affected the independent education sectors, which provide English learning and vocational education to international students, leading to closures of some of these institutions.
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    7 mins
  • "We have to talk about the uncomfortable thing": refugee artists explore issues of identity and home

    "We have to talk about the uncomfortable thing": refugee artists explore issues of identity and home
    Jun 20 2025
    The Internationally renowned slam poet known as Huda the Goddess has officially claimed the UNHCR-SBS Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition. The honours coincide with World Refugee Day, which celebrates refugees and their contribution to society.
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    8 mins
  • Migrants reflect on life in Australia, 50 years after fleeing Timor-Leste

    Migrants reflect on life in Australia, 50 years after fleeing Timor-Leste
    Jun 12 2025
    This year, SBS marks 50 years of broadcasting, providing an important service to multicultural Australia through promoting inclusion and delivering in-language information. It's also the 50th anniversary of the biggest wave of Timorese migration to Australia. Fleeing conflict, the community has established its roots across the country while maintaining its language and traditions.
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    3 mins
  • 'We're running out of time': Operation Babylift adoptees return to Vietnam to search for family

    'We're running out of time': Operation Babylift adoptees return to Vietnam to search for family
    Apr 29 2025
    As the world marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon and end of the Vietnam War, a group of adoptees who were taken out of the country prior to 1975 are racing against time to find the mothers they were separated from. An event spearheaded by Australian-Vietnamese adoptees saw a group of them embark on a bike ride to raise money for elderly Vietnamese residents and spread awareness of their ongoing search for family.
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    7 mins
  • Trauma casts a long shadow for immigration detainees

    Trauma casts a long shadow for immigration detainees
    Mar 29 2025
    A new report has highlighted alarming mental health outcomes for individuals who have spent time in detention. Refugees and migrants already experience lower rates of mental health literacy - but one initiative is looking to raise awareness and provide easy English resources in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The initiative has emerged amid debate about controversial laws that would enable the government to deport any individual without a visa to a third country.
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    8 mins
  • Protests erupt after student arrests in US immigration sweep

    Protests erupt after student arrests in US immigration sweep
    Mar 29 2025
    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says more than 300 foreign student visas may have been revoked under the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown. But the tactics used by the State Department have come under fire after the street arrest of a 30-year-old PhD student it claims was a Hamas supporter. Protesters say there's no evidence of that, describing her arrest and visa cancellation as an attack on free speech.
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    3 mins