16/06/2026
This Refugee Week, Australia is celebrating welcoming its millionth refugee since the end of World War II.
To mark this significant milestone, Australia Post is today releasing a commemorative stamp, created in partnership with the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
The stamp celebrates the nation’s legacy of welcoming those fleeing persecution and violence, and commemorates Australia’s welcome of a million refugees since 1947 through the refugee and humanitarian program.
Right now, 118 million people are forcibly displaced – a number which has doubled in just 12 years. Yet across the world, governments are stepping back from their humanitarian commitments. We must do everything in our power to ensure Australia continues to be a land of welcome and peace for people fleeing war and persecution.
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