Migrant and refugee issues are plastered across Australian headlines every day, but compared to their prominence in our society they are rarely depicted in creative mediums. Feature films, novels and fine art have the ability to make an issue feel…

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party has won a landslide victory in Myanmar’s first effectively free elections since 1990 and this, ostensibly at least, looks like a win for the good guys. When power is transferred next…

When three of Syrian refugee George’s friends were killed during the bitter fighting in his home city of Aleppo, he knew it was time to leave. He and his parents and two siblings fled to Lebanon to live with an…

Best selling author of Pepe & Poppy, Joe Novella, has turned his hand to documentary making. The son of Italian immigrants has embarked on a journey to reconnect with his parents’ Calabrian roots in southern Italy and has discovered some…

A new exhibition of compelling images from the island nation of Nauru offers an alternative perspective on a place that has become synonymous with the offshore detention of asylum seekers. Photographer Sally McInerney has produced a series of candid portraits…

The death toll in the Syrian conflict has risen beyond 200,000 people after four-and-a-half-years of civil war. The violence has forced more than four million to flee the country, fueling a refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe and…

The economic cost of a larger intake by Australia of humanitarian migrants would be “small and manageable”, according to leading economist and former Reserve Bank official Gordon Menzies. Menzies, an associate professor of economics at the University of Technology who…

A photographer’s half a decade long project celebrates and provides insight into the South Sudanese community of Western Sydney. Conor Ashleigh’s photographs show intimate moments of traditional South Sudanese ceremonies and culturally specific exchanges as well everyday Australian experiences. The…

The Paris attacks are in danger of transforming Europe’s migration crisis into a debate around security, sparking calls for restrictions on free movement across the continent’s borders. Proponents of an open door policy for refugees in Europe are under pressure…

“Mindless terrorists”, “barbaric automatons” and “suicidal irrationality” are some of the media headlines that have been used to explain the horrific terror attacks in Paris last Friday. They convey the idea that ISIS is an almost random, senseless organisation bent…

Disabled refugees arriving in Australia face service gaps and are missing out on vital equipment, modified housing and dedicated disability support, a forum in Melbourne has heard. The HSS Settlement Grants Forum 2015 held this week at Melbourne’s Multicultural Hub…

Australia’s current migration program will deliver massive economic gains and a population of 40 million by 2060, according to modelling by the Productivity Commission. In a draft report into Australia’s migrant intake, the commission says there’s a  “demographic dividend’’ to…