It’s called ‘digital humanitarianism’ and it’s a new phenomenon in which technology is emerging as a key tool being used to help by migrants and refugees worldwide. Software developers and computer engineers are increasingly developing digital solutions to some of…

Doubling Australia’s migrant intake could dramatically boost economic growth into the future, according to a new economic report. The report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says skilled migration in particular has always been a significant driver…

A group of Karen Burmese refugee women at Nhill in western Victoria have opened a social enterprise business in the town’s main street selling homewares and fabric products. The women, who number around 25, have been gathering at the Nhill…

An unprecedented population boom in Africa is fuelling the global migration crisis with fertility rates in some parts of the continent soaring as high as almost eight children born to each woman. As German Chancellor Angela Merkel toured three African…

An historic, though little known, solution to the response to the global displacement crisis and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants in Europe and other places may have been overlooked, according to a European academic. University of Bremen…

In September 2016, students from AMES Australia travelled to the Charnwood Camp in the Strathbogie Ranges. Compiled by Peter McMillan.

The first ever index measuring the quality of national migration programs has been published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Still in its pilot phase, the Migration Governance Index (MGI), developed by the IOM and The Economist Intelligence Unit,…

One of the effects of the influx of asylum seekers and refugees into Germany has been a boom in the game of cricket. Migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan are driving burgeoning interest in the sport – a story which is…

Reducing age limits and giving more points for secondary adult applicant or spouses’ skills and traits are among changes to Australia’s skilled migration policies put forward by the Productivity Commission. The changes could significantly change the way Australia chooses its…

Almost 70,000 Syrian refugees are trapped in no-man’s land on the Jordan-Syria border on a demilitarised zone a just few kilometres wide. Blocked from entering Jordan, the Syrians are camped out in remote, wind-swept conditions near a border crossing known…

Adnan Hanna and his family are establishing new lives in Australia after fleeing Syria following an ordeal in which Mr Hanna was taken hostage by armed militants demanding a ransom for his release. Sixty-year-old Mr Hanna and his wife, Gorjet…

Inner city Brunswick is currently home to a full-scale pop-up structure that experimentally adapts the traditional guesthouse to reflect a new context – that of refugees, asylum seekers and other recent arrivals. ‘The Guesthouse Project’ was built during a two-week…