More than 300 businesses have been opened by refugees in Melbourne and Sydney in the past two years, new figures show. An audit by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia and not-for-profit micro-finance provider Thrive shows significant numbers of…

Economist Michael Kremer was named recently as one of three winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was honoured for his justifiably lauded pioneering work in studying poverty – one of the planet’s great challenges. But in…

Multiculturalism in Australia was forged by people of vision on both sides of the political spectrum, it has survived attempts to dismantle it and, over four decades, it has waged an ongoing battle against racism. But now if faces new…

In an increasingly polarised and conflict-wracked world, sport had a great power to united people, according to former Socceroo captain Craig Foster. But, speaking at the recent 2019 Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) conference in Hobart, Mr…

Australia has a chronic lack of data about its culturally and linguistically diverse communities which is handicapping planning for the nation’s future demographics, a major conference on diversity has been told. The 2019 Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia…

An innovative garden program that provides economic, social, physical and mental health benefits to local refugees and culturally diverse communities has been honoured at the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards. The ‘Working beyond the Boundaries’ program, which gives refugee communities…

Australia’s tough stance on immigration has helped keep down the vote for far-right political parties, the country’s ambassador to France has told cable news channel Euronews. Ambassador Brendan Berne said Australia’s policy on migrants had been a success but refused…

Australia’s laws and institutions allow for discrimination against culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians living with disability, a UN report claims. The United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities report on Australia’s compliance with the Convention on…

Highly educated, highly skilled migrants often can’t find good jobs because employers don’t trust their experience, according to a new study. The research suggests the skills of many migrants are wasted and has recommended that workplaces be required by law…

The Italian Coast Guard recovered the bodies of 13 people, all women, who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in heavy weather off the coast of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa this week. The latest tragedy comes as more…

An innovative new project to settle refugees and migrants in regional Victorian communities in need of a skills and population boost is underway. Funded by the Australian Government and delivered by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, the ‘Bridge…

The numbers of international migrants are now growing faster than the world population generally for the first time in history, according to new figures from the United Nations. The number of migrants globally has reached 272 million – up from…