"It's easy to talk about policy frameworks and to lose sight of the humanity that sits within them. So I think it's always really important for us...because it makes very real some of the more esoteric parts of the conversations around migration."
CEDA's 2025 Migration Update saw a range of experts come together to discuss global migration trends and domestic policy settings including new reforms targeting temporary skilled migration and international students.
The audience also heard from Culture Amp Software Engineer, Fahima Mohammed, who shared her own inspiring story of migrating to Australia, her experience finding work and settlement process after the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2021.
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Migration update
Melinda Cilento, Chief Executive, CEDA
Elizabeth Collett, Global Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
Fahima Mohammed, Software Engineer, Culture Amp
Fahima Mohammed, Software Engineer, Culture Amp
Dr Mamta Chauhan, Executive Director, VETASSESS
Teresa Liu, Managing Partner, Australia and New Zealand, Fragomen
John Hart OAM, Executive Chair - Tourism, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Violet Roumeliotis AM, CEO, Settlement Services International Limited (SSI)