The African Union is creating a new body to oversee humanitarian responses and policy on the continent in a bid to localise the humanitarian relief system. From October, the African Union (AU) – a continental forum of 55 states –…

Australia’s arts institutions are not reflecting the nation’s diversity, according to damning new research. A study by Diversity Arts Australia and Western Sydney University looked at the representation of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians in leadership positions in the…

Two years after more than half a million Rohingya people were violently driven from their homes in Myanmar, things have not improved. The displacement crisis in Rakhine state has deepened into a long-term refugee emergency with a million people now…

Community advocate and business leader Vivienne Nguyen has been appointed as Chair of the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC). Ms Nguyen has more than 25-years’ experience in corporate, community and public sector roles, as well as a strong background in promoting…

Giving more refugees the opportunity to settle in Australia boost the nation’s economy by almost $38 billion over the next 50 years, new research has found. The report by Deloitte Access Economics says that if Australia lifted its humanitarian intake…

An innovative new program is bringing together students from Melbourne’s Jewish and Islamic communities to build bridges and foster respect and acceptance. The ‘Museums Together’ project is seeing a hundred students from King David School and Sirius College come together…

Australia is missing out on much of the value skilled migrants bring because many struggle to find work fitting their qualifications and experience on arrival here, new research has found. Many migrants feel there is little government support for them…

A new Centre for Population has been created within the federal Department of Treasury to help all levels of government better understand population changes across Australia. Established on July 1 with a budget of $23.4 million, the centre has been…

The high level of migration into Europe in recent years has been described by some politicians as ‘apocalyptic’. And while it’s true that numbers of people displaced across the globe for reasons of conflict and persecution are at an all-time…

A new report seeking to dispel the myths around temporary working visas claims that immigrants have not driven wages down nor taken jobs from locals. The report by the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says temporary skilled…

Rohingya refugee Habiburahman fled repression and torture in his homeland and eventually found safety and a new life in Australia. But he continues to advocate for the hundreds of thousands of his compatriots living in limbo in Bangladesh refugee camps…

Women in fragile and conflict-affected areas are missing out on employment opportunities and often barred from working, according to the CEO of International Rescue Committee and former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband. As the numbers of displaced people across the…