A new study shows how promoting cultural diversity can play an important role in achieving the successful revitalisation of declining urban communities.  The study focused on Dandenong, in Melbourne’s south east, which has undergone an urban renewal program over recent…

The Commonwealth Government’s power to detain and deport refugees who commit crimes in Australia is under a cloud after a landmark federal court ruling. The federal government has been increasing the use of a strict character test to cancel or…

A senior German politician says his country needs 500,000 migrant a year to avert a demographic catastrophe wrought by an ageing population. Deputy Chairman of Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats’ (FDP) parliamentary group Christian Durr said in a recent speech that…

The Indian Government’s lurch towards Hindu nationalism is producing refugees from among the nation’s minorities who fear persecution, new data shows. Recent legal cases in Australia, Canada and New Zealand have established new precedents that people among India’s minorities have…

Net international migration into the US has hit its lowest level of the decade between 2018 and 2019, according to new data from the US Census Bureau. Net migration added 595,000 to the US population between 2018 and 2019, a…

Nearly 1,300 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean in 2019 – a 44 per cent drop on the number of deaths in 2018, according to new data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The 1,282 drownings in 2019 brought the…

The Iranian community in Melbourne is “devastated” and “anxious” over the potential for an escalating conflict between Iran and the US, community leaders say. Iranian community members say they are worried about relatives still in Iran. Many say they are…

Refugee and migrant communities across Victoria and Australia are stepping up to help in the response to the nation’s bushfire crisis. Several communities have started appeals for funds and donations to help the victims of the fires and others have…

The Global Compact on Refugees might actually be hindering refugee resettlement, two leading academics argue. Writing in ‘The Atlantic’ magazine, the pair say that the compact’s well-meaning intention to recast refugees as an economic benefit to nations that receive them…

Refugees helping to save unique native grassland Refugee volunteers are helping to secure the future of an important and unique native grassland west of Melbourne. AMES refugee clients who are members of the Karen community in Wyndham are helping Parks…

Nations have pledged more than $US3 billion to support refugees and about 50,000 resettlement places, the United Nations refugee agency said this month at the end of a major conference on human displacement. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo…

Major global corporations have led the way in pledging to help refugees get access to education and employment at a global conference aimed at supporting the millions of people forced from their homelands. Companies including Ikea, Lego and Vodafone pledged…