Welcome Merchant
For providing a business platform for refugees and asylum seekers.
Award nominee
28 January 2026
About this finalist
- Year: 2025
- Level: Finalist
- Award category: Community Award
About the 2025 nomination
Welcome Merchant spotlights entrepreneurs and artists who also identify as a refugee and/or as a person seeking asylum. It provides a free online business directory and has curated over 60 refugee-powered events in Sydney and Melbourne.
The organisation creates space for connection and recognition. supporting, sharing and celebrating these business founders and artists.
About the Human Rights Awards
The Australian Human Rights Awards is an inspirational showcase of the best in all of us. The Awards honour and celebrate diverse human rights heroes and significant achievements in protecting and promoting human rights in Australia.