Australia’s leading human rights officials have marked Holocaust Remembrance Day as antisemitism and xenophobia is on the rise across the world. The President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Hugh de Kretser, Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman and Human Rights…

2024 was a dire year for conflict and human displacement with a record number of wars fuelling humanitarian crises and displacement globally, according to a new report. The ‘Global Peace Index’ report, by the Sydney and London-based think tank the…

The head of the UN’s migration agency has unveiled a bold plan to redesign the global migration system to benefit would be migrants as well as economies and nations with skill shortages. In a recent article, Amy Pope, head of…

Afghan cricketers are a step closer to rejoining international competitions after the Afghan women’s cricket team played a landmark match in Melbourne. While the game, at St Kilda’s Junction Oval, was only an exhibition game, it meant much more to…

An Afghan woman living in Australia has called on the international community to support the women of Afghanistan whose rights and access to education and employment have been erased under the extremist Taliban regime. Parwana Amini has been calling Australia…

Countries around the world have failed to protect human rights in the year gone by. 2024 has also shown that global governments need to do more to uphold human rights principles, while many people have been willing to put their…

Impact magazine asked a group of people from diverse backgrounds to reflect on what Australia Day means to them…   Norma Medawar is a refugee from Syria. She recently became an Australian citizen. I arrived in Australia in 2015 as…

A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and believe it is important to celebrate Australia Day, according to a new survey. Most newcomers plan to mark the day in some way and that…

On his first day in office US President Donald Trump has signed a raft of executive orders that are indicative of his administration’s approach to migration and refugees and will make it harder for refugees, asylum seekers and others to…

As the much-welcomed ceasefire appears to be imminent in Gaza, the legacy of 15 months of conflict is a grave humanitarian crisis, urban destruction and the deaths of around 50,000 people. Among the most egregious victims of the conflict are…

Palestinian and Jewish community members in Australia have welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire deal in Gaza after 15 months of conflict. The ceasefire, if it holds, is the first step in an agreement that will also see the release…

In 2009 Bwe Thay arrived in Melbourne as a refugee from Burma and was supported by settlement agency AMES Australia. This week, he became a member of the organisation’s board of directors. Bwe‘s journey in Australia has been one of…