 It's a glowing endorsement of Australia's settlement services. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Gutierrez says Australia leads the rest of the world. You found a country, Australia, that is a country with an admirable tradition of solidarity, with a resettlement program that is probably the most successful in the world. Mr Gutierrez praising Australia during his guest of government visit in February. It's the first time the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has visited Australia since 2004. It is very rewarding for me to be able to come to Australia in a moment in which the asylum policy is changing and is changing in the right direction, is moving in the right direction, is improving. It's refugee protection and the access to asylum in Australia. It's important to recognise that Australia is a vibrancy of society. That vibrancy of society plays a remarkable role in creating the conditions for refugee protection to be a success. Mr Gutierrez meeting with refugee advocates, settlement service providers and community groups across the country to hear first hand about how migrants are welcomed into Australia. For him to get a sense of the sort of work that not just our agency but agencies in general perform in the area. The visit is a chance for Australia to showcase its settlement success stories and to highlight this work to the rest of the world. In many circumstances around the world, countries resettle refugees but I don't think they actually put a whole package of services and programs together in the way in which Australia does. Since the end of World War II, more than 700,000 humanitarian entrants have settled in Australia and a further 13,500 people will arrive this financial year under the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's humanitarian program. This history of positive resettlement particularly relevant in 2009 which commemorates the 55th anniversary of Australia's ratification of the Refugees Convention. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees helping to recognise this milestone in Melbourne along with hundreds of new Australians. Refugees are not here only to take but they also give and engaging refugees to be part of the solutions and not always being seen as passive recipients is very important.