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Settling in Australia: how can generative AI help?
Settling in Australia: how can generative AI help?
Feb 18, 2025

By Katrina Tour, Edwin Creely and Melissa Barnes   Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) has a lot of potential to help migrants and refugees settle successfully in Australia, supporting language learning, information access and everyday activities, recent research from Monash University…

MPs from Melbourne’s south-east share their migrant stories
MPs from Melbourne’s south-east share their migrant stories
Feb 18, 2025

Two MPs from south-east Melbourne have featured in a new book that tells the stories of migrant families’ journeys to Australia and their sense of identity. The federal member for Holt Cassandra Fernando MP and state upper house member Lee…

AMES staff provide wrap around support for vision impaired refugee
AMES staff provide wrap around support for vision impaired refugee
Feb 16, 2025

A visually impaired Afghan refugee is building a new life in Australia with the support of the AMES team at Dallas. Hossein, his wife Soghra and their three children have been living in Australia since November 2023. The family, originally…

European migration pact under pressure
European migration pact under pressure
Feb 11, 2025

The European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum is in disarray after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has refused to implement the legislation, throwing into doubt its practical viability. “Poland will not implement the migration pact in a way that…

Religion plays significant part in US identity, study finds
Religion plays significant part in US identity, study finds
Feb 4, 2025

Americans consider religion as a more significant part of US society and identity than people in most other high-income countries, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Washington-based think tank the Pew Research Center surveyed almost 55,000 people from 35…

Pirates, police and parliament: a refugee’s journey
Pirates, police and parliament: a refugee’s journey
Feb 3, 2025

Trung Luu’s story is an exemplar of what hard work and courage can achieve when starting a life in a new country. The Member of the Legislative Council for western Melbourne started his journey as a small child aboard a…

New Vietnamese Museum set to open in Melbourne
New Vietnamese Museum set to open in Melbourne
Jan 30, 2025

A brand-new museum dedicated to the contributions and history of Vietnamese presence in Australia is set to open in Sunshine. The museum will be located at 121 Durham Road, Sunshine and conveniently located only 3 minutes from the Sunshine Railway…

Migrants, refugees facing more Trump fallout
Migrants, refugees facing more Trump fallout
Jan 30, 2025

The cancellation of government-funded service to refugees already in the US and the possibility that children born to foreign parents in the US could become stateless are among the latest fallout from the Trump administration’s radical approach to immigration in…

Trump blocks refugees entering the US
Trump blocks refugees entering the US
Jan 30, 2025

The US’ world-leading refugee intake program has effectively been shut down as part of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. The move means that Nearly 1,660 Afghans already cleared by the US government to resettle in the US, including family members…

Syria still not safe, UNHCR warns
Syria still not safe, UNHCR warns
Jan 30, 2025

As hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees return home following the fall of the Assad regime, there are fears of a spiralling humanitarian crisis. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has appealed to the international community for bold and…

Haiti displacement crisis grows
Haiti displacement crisis grows
Jan 30, 2025

More than a million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, according to alarming new figures released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The latest data reveals that 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amidst an intensifying…

Afghan data specialist seeking to reboot his career
Afghan data specialist seeking to reboot his career
Jan 30, 2025

Afghan refugee Ali Amini has found safety, a community and a new place to call home since arriving in Australia in August 2024. The only thing missing is a job in his chosen profession. Ali, 37, is an experienced Geographic…

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