A new initiative is promising to give refugees a leg up into to the world of small business. The scheme, called Thrive, will give refugees microloans to start their own businesses. The Westpac Bank is providing an interest-free loan facility…

Iraqi refugee Mustafa Alsaffar’s 26 years on earth have coincided with the most turbulent and tragic period in his nation’s history. Born in 1990 at the height of the first Gulf War, he grew up amid a backdrop of conflict…

Immigration control has been at the top of the British Government’s priorities but new data shows they have failed to deliver on the Brexit-inspired promise to cut the number of people entering the country. And the debate has become bogged…

A fascinating new interactive flow chart gives an intriguing picture of migration flows around the world over the past 20 years. Published in the magazine Science, the chart analyses the bilateral flows between 196 countries divided into regions and captures…

Migration benefits the global economy by a staggering $US3 trillion a year – or about 4 per cent of planet’s economic output – according to reports by the McKinsey Global Institute and the International Monetary Fund. But while both highlight the…

Australia is becoming a nation of swots with increasing numbers of people undertaking formal study, latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show. And study is increasingly the major pathway to employment, the data shows. But trends in the data…

A Buddhist temple in western Sydney is taking the teachings of compassion, acceptance and inner peace out into the real world by helping the unemployed find work and thus independence and improved self-esteem. The Vien Giac Temple in Cabramatta has…

Politics and not religion is the main force driving foreign fighters to join ISIS and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria, new research claims. The study by academics at the US Military Academy at West Point found that the…

Increasing numbers of Malaysians are making claims for refugee status in Australia as ethnic and cultural tensions rise against a backdrop of continuing political corruption scandals. Malaysians – mostly ethnic Chinese – now make up 43 per cent of all claims…

The use of words stemming from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi ideology are on the rise across Europe as tensions over issues like refugee migration and nationalism increase, new research suggests. After the end of World War II, Germany embarked on a…

Racial and religious discrimination has spiked in Australia over the past year with Muslims, Africans and people from non-English speaking backgrounds the major targets, according to new research. The Mapping Social Cohesion survey conducted by the Scanlon Foundation and Monash…

The paralysis and poor quality of Australia’s political system and the dysfunction of its politicians is a major national issue, according to new research that taps in to what Australians think. The Mapping Social Cohesion survey conducted by the Scanlon…