Sunday 18 June – Saturday 24 June
Refugee Week is a great opportunity to show your school welcomes refugees, and recognises and celebrates the contributions they make to our communities.
The theme for Refugee Week 2023 – Finding Freedom
The aim of Refugee Week is to promote intercultural understanding to enable refugees to live in safety, integrate into their new Australian communities, and continue to make a valuable contribution to Australian society.
Refugee week provides a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the issues affecting refugees, highlight the positive contributions refugees have made and continue to make to Australian society, and for all Australians to experience and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Australian refugee communities.
This year’s theme, Finding Freedom, invites and challenges all Australians to reflect of the refugee community’s journey of seeking and finding freedom – be it through a new home, a new career or finding love or friendship. It also invites us to show compassion and empathy and celebrate the resilience epitomised by those in our communities who have risked everything to seek refuge on Australian shores.
You can celebrate the richness refugees bring and the many contributions they make to our communities by hosting a local meal, a community event or attending an online event to hear from people all over the world.
Resources for schools
- The Refugee Week website, A Refugee Council of Australia initiative.
- Get involved in Refugee Week activities and events.
- The Roads to refuge website
- Films to watch during Refugee Week
- Educational webinars that explore key issues around displacement and seeking refuge in a new country.
- Download the Refugee Week 2023 Teachers Resource Kit [PDF 9.2 MB].
