Episodes

  • '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    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says more than 300 foreign student visas may have been revoked under the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown.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
  • Lives on hold, contributions unrecognised: people awaiting residency petition parliament

    Lives on hold, contributions unrecognised: people awaiting residency petition parliament
    Feb 25 2025
    Many people waiting for permanent residency on a certain subclass of visa say delays in granting Permanent Residency by the Department of Home Affairs have left them in limbo, and their lives on hold. They don't feel like their contributions to Australia - and particularly the contributions they made through the COVID pandemic - are being adequately repaid.
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    5 mins
  • 'Huge ambitions' moving forward as refugee resettlement scheme becomes permanent

    'Huge ambitions' moving forward as refugee resettlement scheme becomes permanent
    Feb 20 2025
    The federal government has announced that the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot - known as CRISP - will become permanent. The initiative, launched in mid 2022, has helped over 500 refugees to be settled by community groups across Australia.
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    5 mins
  • Should Australia bring back the Significant Investor Visa?

    Should Australia bring back the Significant Investor Visa?
    Feb 11 2025
    New Zealand has announced that wealthy investors need only spend 21 days in the country over three years to gain permanent residency under new conditions for so-called "golden ticket" visas. A similar visa scheme in Australia was scrapped by the government last year, but the Federal Opposition has signalled it could be reinstated if elected.
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    5 mins
  • The Sydney school embracing Mongolian language and culture

    The Sydney school embracing Mongolian language and culture
    Dec 15 2024
    There has been an uptick in migration from Mongolia to Australia, As a result, New South Wales Public Schools have experienced a 40 per cent growth in students from Mongolian backgrounds for two years running - encouraging one school to become a hub for the community. And this story has been produced in collaboration with SBS Mongolian.
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    3 mins
  • SBS language broadcasts added to iconic Sounds of Australia collection

    SBS language broadcasts added to iconic Sounds of Australia collection
    Dec 10 2024
    Ten extraordinary audio recordings illustrating Australia’s cultural and political landscape have been added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia collection. The 2024 additions include the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian to use recorded sound to document Aboriginal culture, hip hop, speeches, a theme tune, the launch of what is now SBS Audio, an advertising jingle for an iconic Australian beer, and the last known recording of a now-extinct species.
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    8 mins