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Photo: Harshita Roy

Asylum seeker encampment in Melbourne to end this month, after gaining political support and a mixed community reaction

Video report by Harshita Roy

Additional reporting by Chenturan Aran

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Flight from Kyiv: Reflections on reality, precarity and war

Story by Jerome Des Preaux

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Walking in their shoes: A week living on refugee rations

Words by Marilyn Tan

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Diaspora from Venezuela’s epic exodus making arepas and a new life

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When #SaveHakeem came to school: A magic moment for high rise pupils

Story and pictures by Peter Quattrocelli

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Suffer the children: The lifelong scars of the youngest refugees

Words by Charlotte Grieve

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THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

  • Editor: Jo Chandler
  • Reporter: Ashleigh
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  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
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