Suicide & self-harm monitoring: Migrants and refugees

Research library / Dataset / statistics

Written by

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Year

2026

Place

National

Access

Free

In plain English

National data on suicide among people who came to Australia as humanitarian entrants and other permanent migrants. Rates were lower than for the whole population but rose with time spent in Australia, and humanitarian entrants had higher rates than other permanent migrants.

Topics

• Data and measurement
• Migrants
• Refugees and asylum seekers
• Suicide prevention

Link checked by AIDMH on 29 September 2026. Summaries are written by AIDMH to help you decide what to read. Please read the original before quoting it.