As debate around migration and refugees turns toxic around the globe, the two leaders of Australia’s major political parties have both outlined of the benefits of the nation’s migration and multicultural policies. Speaking at the recent Australia Settlement and Migration…

Greek Australian Dr Konstantinos Pantos talks about his love for his work and helping couples have children.    

Opening borders to international labour migration and promoting transnational information networks could help address growth-threatening looming skills shortages across the globe, according to a new report into global labour markets. The ‘people to jobs, jobs to people’ report released this…

A new smart phone app aimed at combating the tackling the abiding problem of underpayment of migrant workers and young people has been released by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The ‘Record My Hours’ app equips workers with a record of…

Uganda is emerging as one of the world’s largest hosts of refugees as hundreds of thousands of people pour across its borders displaced by conflicts in South Sudan and Burundi. In recent months more than 400,000 refugees entered the East…

Somali-born refugee Omar Elmi has dreams that belie his tender years. The 17-year-old is studying horticulture and is the first Somali-born trainee taken on by Parks Victoria. As part of his Year 12 course at The Grange College in Hoppers…

Pope Francis has made an impassioned plea for a global and comprehensive response to the worldwide refugee crisis calling on humanity to “welcome, protect, promote and integrate” the planet’s most vulnerable people. In his address last month to participants in…

Multicultural groups have largely approved of the federal government’s recent ‘multicultural statement’, which for the first time cites “integration” as the corner stone of the national identity and social unity. The statement by Malcolm Turnbull to parliament on March 20…

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hosted President Trump’s daughter Ivanka at the Broadway premiere of a musical that celebrates a spirit of generosity towards foreigners in need. Mr Trudeau’s policies around welcoming refugees could not be more diametrically opposed…

As public policy at national levels in many countries in Europe and the US turns away from welcoming refugees and migrants, cities are forging more open, inclusive and equitable policies. As national debates on immigration turn toxic, local governments are…

US President Trump’s ban on immigrants and refugees presupposes that Islam is a relatively new phenomenon in America and that Muslim Americans are mostly recent migrants. But, Islam has long history in America that stretches back to the days of…

Refugee women and children fleeing conflict, drought and poverty in Africa and making dangerous journeys to Europe are being beaten, raped and starved in “living hellholes” in Libya, according to a UNICEF report. The United Nations children’s agency says children…