Around 85 million jobs, many held by some of the world’s most economically vulnerable people, will be lost because of automation and robots in the next five years, according to a new report by the World economic Forum (WEF). But…

Safety and security for citizens is unsurprisingly lowest in countries beset by conflict and with high numbers of displaced persons, according to the latest Gallup Global Law and Order report. The report found almost seven in ten people (69 per…

Intercultural marriage is booming in Australia as the nation sees an overall decline in formal nuptial unions. And a new narrative from the Scanlon Foundation, written by Social researcher Trish Prentice, explores what it is like to grow up in…

The number of refugees resettled in safe third countries will hit a record low in 2020, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned, as it urges Australia and other refugee accepting countries to restart their programs. According to the latest…

Europe is debating yet another deal on asylum seekers despite the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating a swathe of security and humanitarian crises across the Middle-East, Africa and Asia. Immigration and asylum has been the most politically thorny issue within the European…

A major new installation at London’s Imperial War Museum examines refugee experiences throughout history and ongoing issues faced by those affected. The ‘Refugees: Forced to Flee’ initiative looks at a century of humanitarian crises across the globe with the event…

The reduced numbers of migrants and international students entering Australia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a lasting effect on the nation’s diverse cultural makeup, according to experts. The pandemic has meant a sudden halt to the…

Victoria’s 2020-21 budget amounts to the largest investment in the state’s diversity and multiculturalism in history. Massive job creation spending, a public housing building program and a skills training push all include elements to ensure the budget measures will reach…

Disadvantaged Victorians, including migrants, refugees and people from emerging communities, are twice as likely as other Australians to vulnerable to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, two new report have found. A report, by the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL),…

Economic and trade sanctions imposed by the US and the west on adversary nations are denying ordinary people in these countries basic rights and even causing deaths, a new United Nations report says. The report says that in the last…

Three years after being forced to flee their homeland, the almost one million Rohingya refugees currently living in Bangladesh are facing a new and frightening prospect. The Bangladesh Government is planning to move many of them to an island that…

A fresh humanitarian crisis has broken out in Africa with fighting escalating between Ethiopian government forces and the local governing party in the northern Tigray region. A week of violence has left hundreds dead and thousands displaced with 11,000 Ethiopians…