This speech was made to launch a comprehensive report about women refugee and migrant experiences in Australia. In this speech, Nyuon reflects on her personal experience coming to Australia as a refugee and about growing up in Australia as someone who was not born in Australia. She speaks about a multicultural vision for Australia, one where racism is not tolerated, where women feel safe in the street and in their homes and where migrants are not subject to coercive control as a consequence of their visa status.
Immigration
NyadolNyuon
B. 1987
Nyadol Nyuon is a lawyer, writer, speaker, volunteer and former refugee. She advocates for human rights, multiculturalism, refugees and those seeking asylum. Born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia after her family escaped the Sudanese Civil War, Myadol arrived in Melbourne in 2005 where she completed a law degree at the University of Melbourne. Nyadol has won the Harmony Alliance Award, the Afro-Australian Student Organisation's Unsung Hero Award and was co-winner of the Tim McCoy Prize.