Australia celebrates Refugee Week each year from the 18 to 24 June. The event aims to raise awareness about the conditions refugees faced and what are the issues affecting them in the settlement process.
The Refugee Council selects each year ambassadors from a refugee background or who have an interest in and understanding of refugee and migrant issues in Australia.
Ms. Dalal Sleiman is one of Australia's 2017 Refugee Week Ambassadors. Ms. Dalal arrived to in February 1992. She completed her Bachelors of Arts Degree in community Development. In May 2013 she completed her Graduate Certificate in Australian Immigration Law and Practice from Victorian University.
Ms. Dalal also published some publications throughout her work experience which are Perspective on New Arrival African Humanitarian Entrants in the City of Whittlesea in 2005.
In 2002 Iraqi Community Profile and in 1997 what are the pending issues faced by the Iraqi Chaldean womens in Australia.
Since graduating in 1998, she has been working in the community development sector, as a volunteer and a paid employee to help new immigrants and refugees settle in Australia.
She received Refugee Recognition Awards from Victorian Multicultural Commission in 2006, an Excellence award from Victorian Multicultural Commission in 2010 and an overall achievement for the Whittlesea Refugee Recognition Award in 2013
Ms Sleiman was also nominated for Australia Day Award City of Whittlesea.
