Video games could be instrumental in helping refugee children by improving language skills and mental health, according to a new study. Researchers from New York University (NYU) and Bahcesehir University (BAU) recently finished studying an online gaming program they implemented called ‘Project…

When a bomb almost claimed his daughter’s life and tragically killed her friend, Aghiad Al Atassi decided it was time to leave his home forever. Syrian refugee Aghiad had lived all his life in the once beautiful city of Homs…

The European Union’s plan to redistribute migrants from Italy and Greece has hit a road block as reports show that as few as ten per cent of the target number have been accepted by other countries. And the problems exist…

People smugglers are profiting to the tune $US35 billion a year as they cash in on the global refugee crisis, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). And the heinous trade is contributing to most of the deaths occurring…

It’s a bizarre quirk of history and one that lays bare the self-serving and populist forces at work in geopolitics. During World War II thousands of Poles fleeing either the Nazis or Stalin’s brutal purges sought shelter in Iran. But…

The global refugee crisis continues to escalate despite peace agreements and a slow-down in the conflict in Syria and Iraq, a new report says. The number of displaced people across the world has risen yet again and now 65.6 million…

Migrants, and especially those with Australian citizenship, are more likely to be employed that Australian-born people, new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data has found. The ABS’ ‘Characteristics of Recent Migrants Survey’ provides detailed data about migrants who have come…

A new YouTube documentary produced by SBS traces one of the most little known but extraordinary stories of migrant settlement in Australia. The documentary tells the story of the Sikhs of Woolgoolga, a small NSW town 550 kilometres north of…

A ground-breaking course for leaders from CALD communities in the Prevention of Violence Against Women (PVAW) was recently launched in Melbourne. The course, facilitated by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, has brought together 42 leaders from different language…

Sketching portraits of shoppers and festival goers earned Syrian refugee Nouha Saigh just enough money to feed her family and pay the rent. Nearly destitute in Lebanon having fled her home and prosperous life in war-ravaged Aleppo, Nouha relied on…

Two new scholarships for young people from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds newly arrived in Australia to support them accessing tertiary education are now open. The Graham Sherry OAM Scholarships are available annually to a young female and male from…

Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce refugee resettlements, the US has this week raised its intake of displaced people. The US State Department this week quietly lifted the department’s restriction on the number of refugees allowed to enter the…