The prospects for asylum seekers and migrants in the US took a turn for the worse and the already toxic politics around the issue of migrants plumbed new depths this week when three things happened… A conservative Republican Senator launched…

The United Nations refugee chief has branded current political, media and social media exchanges around refugees, migrants and foreigners as “toxic” and “poisonous”. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was speaking in the wake of the horrific March…

Australians today are older, more likely to live in cities, have fewer children and more likely to have been born overseas in countries outside of the British Isles than compared with a hundred years ago, according to a new Australian…

It’s close to sundown and the birdsong reaches an end-of-day crescendo as a small group of people carrying hoes and rakes drift among the garden beds pushing and prodding as they tend the crops. The tranquillity is palpable as the…

Almost a third of all people living in Australia were born overseas, according to new Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released this week. More than seven million Australian residents, or nearly 30 per cent of the total population, are…

As the US grapples with its immigration and border policies two things are currently happening that could have serious long term negative consequences for the US and much of Central America. Firstly, the US is planning to close its border…

Over a decade temporary migration has quietly crept up on us and is now having a profound effect on Australia’s economy and society. But until recently, it has attracted very little attention or debate. Now, in the lead up to…

A new guide has been launched to help employers who are interested in hiring refugees. Produced by the Migration Council of Australia’s Friendly Nation Initiative, the ‘Australian Employers’ Guide to Hiring refugees’ is a practical toolkit intended to help employers…

AMES Students, staff take a stand against hate Hundreds of newly arrived migrants and refugees from more than 30 countries have taken part in a vigil for the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks as part of a Harmony Day…

Migrant children around the world are performing worse at school than their non-migrant classmates but new research shows how the gap can be bridged. An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report says that some of the challenges faced…

Most Europeans credit the European Union with promoting peace and prosperity since World War II but are less happy with the European Parliament, a new study has found. Despite Brexit, the turmoil associated with events such as the European debt…

The practice of accepting dowries in marriages is a direct cause of “family violence, murders and suicides in Australia”, according to the report of a senate inquiry into dowries. After months of submissions and evidence by individuals and organisations, the…