Migration services and support

Help and support for refugees, people seeking asylum, people in immigration detention and other migrants in Australia.

How Australian Red Cross helps

We provide help and support to refugees, people seeking asylum, people in immigration detention and other people who are vulnerable as a result of migration.

We also provide services to trace and reconnect families who have lost contact as a result of international or internal conflict, war and disaster.

Our migration programs and services protect and uphold the health, dignity and well-being of vulnerable migrants in Australia.

Explore our migration services and support programs below.

Emergency relief for migrants

Financial relief for people on temporary visas to meet urgent needs.

Migrant & refugee settlement services

Giving refugees a head start on a new life.

Help great families find a place to call home

If you’re a landlord in the ACT, NSW or WA, Red Cross is asking you to consider leasing your property to one of the refugee families we support.

Hire refugees and asylum seekers

How you can help great people find jobs and enjoy work.

Community Conversations

Discover why people seek asylum, understand the situations they face, and hear from those who've experienced it themselves.

Find My Family: Restoring Family Links

Help with tracing family members and finding missing loved ones.

Help for people in detention

Protecting the health, wellbeing and dignity of refugees and people seeking asylum in immigration detention.

Support for trafficked people

Support for people who have experienced human trafficking or forced labour. See the modern slavery resource collection.

Work Right Hub

Information to help you find support if you think you or someone you know is being exploited at work in Australia.

People seeking asylum

Support for people who have arrived in Australia seeking protection.

Kaleidoscope Initiative (WA)

Workplace readiness training and mentoring for migrants to reconnect with their chosen field in WA.

Bi-cultural health (TAS)

Working together for better health outcomes.

Asia Pacific Migration Network

A network of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies collaborating and sharing expertise to address the humanitarian concerns of migrants across the Asia Pacific.

Red Cross pays our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander custodians of the country where we work, and to Elders, past, present and emerging.

Learn about our Reconciliation Action Plan and how we can all make reconciliation real.

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