Films can foster empathy for migrants, create better understanding of their plight and bring diverse communities together, according to new research. Coming amidst a blizzard of misinformation about migration triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the research suggests films can have…

Australia’s population growth is stalling as migrants leave the country and closed international borders keep new arrivals of all kinds out, new data shows. As economists warn Australia’s economy could come out of COVID-19 pandemic and contract yet again as…

Forced human displacement has reached devastating new levels with one in 97 people on the planet now forcibly displaced, according to a new UN report Around 79.5 million people have had to leave their homes as a result of persecution,…

The United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR has partnered with 22-year-old Ivorian artist O’Plérou for the launch of the 2020 World Refugee Day emoji. The emoji, two hands linked together in the shape of a heart, symbolises solidarity and diversity. World…

Iraqi refugee Dina Afreem has joined Victoria’s health service working as a doctor as the state battles the COVID-19 crisis. She recently had her medical registration approved by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and she has begun work…

A passion for business, hairstyling and the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick is fuelling Iranian refugee Iman Tajrishi’s new life in Australia.

A group of people newly arrived in Australia have written short pieces about aspects of their lives here in Melbourne and in their home countries as part of their English Conversation Class with AMES Australia Volunteer tutor Kim Soekirno, who…

Refugee-run businesses are proving resilient and innovative in the face of the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. An audit of small businesses last year found that more than 300 had been opened by refugees in…

One of the first Karen refugees to settle at Nhill in western Victoria was Kaw Doh Htoo. He lived in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border for seven years and came to Australia as a refugee ten years ago.…

At just 17 Fadi Abo is the founder and CEO of an international cosmetics business with a six figure turnover. His online skin and body care company Clarcias sells to clients in more than a dozen countries and has 30 employees.…

When Attalah Abo arrived in Australia as a refugee from the conflict in his Syrian homeland, he made two vows. The first was that his son Aboub would get a decent education and second was that he would give back…

Iraqi refugee Dina Afreem has joined Victoria’s health service working as a doctor as the state battles the COVID-19 crisis. She recently had her medical registration approved by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and she has begun work…