Global corporate heavyweights, including leading tech companies, are leading the resistance to President Donald Trump’s clampdown on immigration, financing legal opposition, criticising the plan, as well as helping employees caught up in his executive order. President Trump has ordered a…

AMES Australia board member Vedran Drakulic has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day honours list. Vedran, who also Chief Executive Officer at Gandel Philanthropy, received his award for services to the community…

It’s the world’s greatest migration event and there’s not a wildebeest or a waterbird in sight. About three billion trips are expected to be made across China during the Lunar New Year celebrations, including more than 350 million rail journeys…

A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and feel it is important to mark Australia Day, according to a new survey. Most newcomers say they plan to mark the day in some way…

A London-based photographer is taking on the anti-immigration media landscape with a series of compelling images showing the plight of refugees in Europe. Daniel Castro Garcia’s images won him the British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award (IPA) with his…

Having an affinity with diverse cultures and being globally connected can improve a person’s body image and self esteem, new research has found. Being ‘cosmopolitan’ in your outlook can give you better relationship with, and more positive appreciation of, your…

There’s the old joke about how you tell when politician is lying – its’ when his lips are moving. But for the mayor of Beziers, a city in southern France, it’s no joke. Mayor Robert Menard has been chosen as…

Businessman Stuart Crosby has been appointed as the new chairperson of migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia. Mr Crosby has had a distinguished corporate career culminating as President and CEO of Computershare, an S&P/ASX 50 company with over $2…

A newly translated book reveals the significant impact emigree musicians, who came to Australia fleeing the Nazis in the 1930s, had on the cultural life of Australia. The Vanished Musicians by Albrecht Dumling, recently been published in English, traces the difficult…

A ground-breaking new United Nations study that shows there are now about 150 million migrant workers around the world is providing vital data for national and international policy makers. The study’s data will prove useful as the United Nations and…

Many of the world’s biggest companies are constantly under fire in the media over issues like tax evasion, obscene profits and over-generous executive remuneration. But some have made headlines recently for their efforts to help refugees. Google is a case…

The abuse and exploitation of foreign domestic workers is a growing issue and one exacerbated by increasing numbers of people displaced from their homes in developing nations by war, famine and climate change, international aid agencies say. Around 55 million…