Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) brings refugees to Australia on skilled migration visas. But perhaps its biggest achievement, outside of changing lives, is rewriting a narrative: it treats refugees as assets to businesses and communities, rather than a problem to be solved. In TBB’s eyes, displaced people with skills are a solution.

We are proposing that a new Displaced Talent Visa pathway be created in the United Kingdom to level the playing field for refugees and other forcibly displaced people.

What if we could help millions of refugees and displaced people, simply by recognizing their skills? This is the question posed by Marina Brizar, TBB’s UK Director, on World Refugee Day.

Racism affects who is recognized for their skills, who is hired, who can migrate, who is supported to thrive on the job, and who is permitted to live in peace and security.

Thanks to our committed funders, TBB will remain operational during this time—but our work will necessarily look a little different over the coming months.

Refugee women have skills and talents which can be their ticket out of displacement. But there are still so many barriers standing in their way.