Solidarity among democratic nations has never been more important in a “largely chaotic world” riven with polarising populist politics and the threat of war and terror, according to the new UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. Warning of the prospect of…

In 2016, 10,901 people sought asylum in Japan but only 28 were accepted. The previous year that figure was just 27. Meanwhile, Germany, France and Sweden are stepping up the expulsion of so called ‘failed’ asylum seekers. Without a cogent…

Climate change will soon become a massive driver of migration and dislocation, according to a raft of new research. Experts say it is difficult to predict exactly how many people around the world will be forced to move as the…

Life-long learning is a key element in enabling societies to deliver equitable and sustainable global development, a Melbourne seminar has heard. Educating communities at grass roots level is vital if the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be…

Newly arrived migrants and refugees mostly get their news and information from Australian sources and a majority favour mainstream traditional media, according to a new survey. But an overwhelming majority are active on social media using it mostly to keep…

President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration may have reignited public debate, but immigration has always been a controversial issue for Americans. President Trump’s most controversial executive action saw him temporarily bar people from -Muslim-majority countries Iran, Iraq, Libya,…

Nelson Venturini’s journey to Australia began in 2009 when he was kidnapped by a criminal gang in his native Venezuela. Driving home after work one day, his car was intercepted and blocked by an armed gang who abducted him and…

A Melbourne poet has penned a visceral and haunting work evoking the human tragedy of the destruction of the ancient and once beautiful city of Aleppo, in Syria. Sanam Sharma had his first book of poems, titled Tamed words, published in…

Conventional history tells us that Europeans went from hunter-gatherers to farmers because of an influx of migrants from the Middle East. Life in Europe was revolutionized during the late Stone Age when technologies such as ceramics, the farming of grains,…

In scenes that have not been seen in the US since the Civil War, refugees are trekking across country on foot to seek safety and sanctuary. Since President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning the entry of nationals from…

The arrival of more than a million refugees in Germany in 2015 has had no impact on the country’s unemployment rate, according to a new report. And the impact of the influx of refugees on crime rates has been “marginal”,…

A new photographic exhibition explores the stories of Chinese-Australian families who have lived in this country for generations. The exhibition has been organised by Ken Leanfore, a fourth generation Chinese Australian, who was intrigued by how original Chinese names had…