If you think, as most people do, that Melbourne’s vibrant brand of multiculturalism began in the 1950s with the arrival of Italian and Greek migrants fleeing post-war austerity in Europe – you’d be wrong. Long before the Italians brought their…

A new book explores the use of publicity photos and posters to attract migrants and refugees to Australia in the aftermath of WWII. Titled Picturing and Re-picturing Bonegilla, the book by Albury-based historian Dr Bruce Pennay analyses the themes behind…

Migrants to Australia are among the highest earners and largest per capita contributors to tax revenues, according to the latest Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. The figures also show refugees are the most successful business people of all newcomers…

Refugees from Iran and Vietnam were among the winners in this year’s Ethnic Business Awards. Broadband Solutions, a company headed by Iranian refugee Sam Bashiry, won the major award in the medium to large business category. Mr Bashiry fled conflict…

The more someone uses a smartphone, the less likely they are to trust people from other religions or nationalities and even neighbours, according to new research. But the researchers found reliance on smartphones had no correlation with how much people…

Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States or America presents some serious challenges and enduing uncertainties for the humanitarian sector in general, and refugees in particular. If Trump actually does some of what he said he…

The media is playing an increasingly influential and partisan role in how national debates about migration are framed across the western world, a new study suggests. A study by Oxford University’s Migration Observatory examined the way the UK media has…

The number of people displaced by conflict is at more than 65 million, the highest level ever recorded. The UN has estimated that 65.3 million people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an…

Australia’s multicultural society is proving a big drawcard for international students seeking an education overseas, according to a new survey. International education and multiculturalism are feeding off each other cementing the sector as Australia’s largest service export industry. The survey,…

This year is shaping as the deadliest on record for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe with death estimates put at around 4,000. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported at least…

A woman who lost her leg has made an impassioned plea in defence of asylum seekers citing a refugee surgeon who helped her walk again. Mother-of-two Allison France – whose leg was severed after being struck by a car five…

When his bus was pulled over by armed extremists outside his home city of Aleppo, Syrian refugee Jack Dawli stared death in the face. He was hauled off the vehicle with several others and quizzed at gunpoint about his identity…