The British Government has been criticised by a parliamentary committee over its hostile approach and policy settings towards asylum seekers. The influential cross-party Home Affairs committee’s report as slammed the UK Home Office’s “hostile environment” measures, which include denying access…

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett has told of how her work with refugees has left her “shaken and enriched”. Melbourne-based actor and two-time Oscar winner Ms. Blanchett said she had been: “shaken by the scale of the ever-growing displacement crisis,…

Australia’s rich cultural diversity is shaping the brand of English we speak, according to new research. Work done by Professor of Applied Linguistics at Sydney’s Macquarie University Ingrid Piller shows multiculturalism is altering the way English is spoken in Australia.…

The world’s unprecedented refugee crisis has morphed into something more intractable and potentially more deadly as a record number of people face famine and starvation across the world in 2018. The rise in protracted, man-made emergencies means more than 130…

The first ever International Forum on Migration Statistics has kicked off in Paris. The Forum, organised jointly by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the UN’s Migration Agency, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UN Department of…

A new study from Europe shows that cities with strong intercultural or multicultural integration have higher rates of well-being and quality of life. The year-long study, produced by the Council of Europe, is based on the Intercultural Cities Index, which…

Much of the world seems to be channelling Donald Trump as it becomes less and less friendly to migrants, refugees and minority groups, according to a scan of recent news reports. A disturbing string of reports this week shows a…

Read about the latest news, research and initiatives from migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia…   AMES Australia jobseekers making great leaps in digital literacy Jobseekers registered at AMES Australia have been learning digital literacy skills through the Learner…

The conversation around the Christmas lunch table can get problematic. For some, politics and religion are no-go zones. Many well-intentioned people sometimes don’t know all the facts about an issue. So if conversation this Christmas turns to the global refugee…

New research has called for the strengthening of media regulations in relation to race-based reporting to prevent discrimination and the perpetuation of negative stereotypes. The research, titled ‘Who Watches the Media’ and conducted by not-for-profit organisation All Together Now and…

For the first time since 1945, a far right political party is about to take control of the security and policing of a European state. The frightening development comes with members of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) poised to take…

At least 3000 migrants died on Mediterranean Sea routes during November, the UN’s migration arm the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has reported. Deaths of people crossing the Mediterranean since the so called ‘Lampedusa tragedy’ – a shipwreck in October…