Almost four million refugee children aged between 5 and 17 did not have the opportunity to attend school last year, according to a new report by the Unite Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR. This number includes around 1.5 million refugee children…

When a friend told Joseph Youhana his name was on a death list pinned to the wall of a mosque in his home town, he knew his life had changed forever. The young Iraqi student’s idyllic life in the ancient…

Just slightly more than 50,000 people fleeing conflict or persecution will find a safe haven in which to start new lives in 2018, the lowest number in ten years according to UN figures. While countries like Australia, Britain, Canada and…

Some of Britain’s top football clubs are reaching our in different ways to help refugees and asylum seekers. Premier League heavyweight Arsenal, with the help of charity Save the Children, has launched the ‘Coaching for Life’ football program for young…

Victoria’s ageing migrants have difficulty in accessing information on aged care services, according to new research. Older people from new and emerging communities, such as those from Sudan and Myanmar, often struggle to find options for aged care, according to the…

The majority of young refugees resettled in Australia in recent years are adjusting well to their new lives and thriving, according to new research. The study, which looked at almost 700 refugee children, found the majority were living with both…

One of Australia’s leading community learning festivals kicked off this week with a distinct multicultural flavour. The City’s Wyndham’s Learning Festival 2018 was launched this week with performances from Brazilian drummers, a Chinese choir and a local school orchestra. Learning…

UN rep briefs AMES staff of global trends The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for Australia and the Pacific Thomas Albrecht last week visited AMES Australia to conduct community consultations and brief AMES staff of developments…

A year after their exodus from horrific violence in Burma’s Rakhine State almost a million Rohingya people are living in tents in a precarious part of southern Bangladesh near the town of Cox’s Bazar. They are enduring a battering from…

More than 30,000 asylum seekers have now found jobs in Germany according to new data released by the nation’s labour agency that flies in the face of predictions that the influx of migrants would cripple Europe’s largest economy. Critics of…

A picture of Victoria’s vibrant cultural diversity has emerged from an analysis of census data released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data shows Victoria is home to one of the most culturally diverse societies in the world…

The civil war in South Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than 4.5 million people from their homes since it began December 2013. At one point, at the height of the conflict, 8,000 refugees a…