Improving health and wellbeing for Victorians of refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds

A total of 1,968 people arrived in the fourth quarter of 2025 as a refugee or humanitarian entrant (visa subclass 200, 201, 202, 204) and were recorded as residing in Victoria. Approximately 71.5% of these humanitarian entrants were under 35 years of age. There were over 45 unique languages spoken by recent humanitarian arrivals in the last quarter, with the top five languages spoken being Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Hazaragi and Farsi.

The Victorian Refugee Health Network will be holding the next online Statewide meeting on Thursday 23rd April from 2pm to 4pm. Hear recent policy, settlement and data updates from agencies such as Refugee Council of Australia, AMES Australia, and the Victorian Refugee Health Network. Guest speakers will be announced closer to the date.

Witness to War is a national multilingual telephone hotline by NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors, for people affected by overseas conflicts. The helpline is for individuals, families and communities who are distressed about overseas events, have friends and family abroad, need someone to talk to, or need help finding information about useful services and support. Anyone across Australia can call, free of charge.