Migration plays a critical role in Australia’s present and future economic wellbeing and will boost Australia’s GDP per capita by 5.9 per cent by 2050. The settlement of migrants and refugees can have economic and social benefits for Australia as…

Iranian asylum seeker Mohamad Khalil Ghobeishavi needs to work. Being active keeps his mind off his troubled and traumatic past; and he is a man who finds it difficult to do nothing. As a member of the Arab ethnic minority…

Migration plays a critical role in Australia’s present and future economic wellbeing and will boost Australia’s GDP per capita by 5.9 per cent by 2050. The settlement of migrants and refugees can have economic and social benefits for Australia as…

Melbourne has added almost a million people to its population since 2001 – about 250,000 more than Sydney. But it’s not Melbourne’s hipster lane culture and live music attracting coffee-loving young professionals from overseas; nor is it our sporting venues…

Traditional food is disappearing from around the globe – from the steady decline of street hawkers in Singapore to the dilution of Melbourne’s famous culinary melting pot. A plethora of factors, including homogenization and industrialisation, have created the decline of…

Western Bulldogs star recruit Lin Jong is being tipped as a future champion but he also stands out for being one of the few AFL players of Asian descent. Lin is of Taiwanese (mother) and East Timorese (father) descent. He…

Edible birds’ nests are quietly emerging as one of Melbourne’s most coveted foreign delicacies. The nests are created using solidified saliva and have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years due to their perceived health benefits and good…

Differences in language, culture and business practices are the main barriers to tapping into the Asian marketplace, according to an influential business survey. ‘Australia’s International Business Survey’ (AIBS) 2015 found 33 per cent of Australian businesses identified language, culture and…

If you listen to the politicians and much of the press, you might get the impression that no one in Europe gives a toss about refugees. You would be hearing how although record numbers are arriving in Greece and Italy,…

Targeted migration programs to boost economically struggling areas have been proposed by Independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon. Sen. Xenophon is urging the Federal Government to introduce the programs to areas facing economic challenges such as South Australia and Tasmania,…

With Germany fielding more than 300,000 applications for asylum last year and rising incidents of violent racism, it is no wonder migration has become a hot issue there. But a German TV journalist’s impassioned appeal for a “rebellion of the…

As migration becomes the mega-trend of our time it is becoming increasingly necessary to critically observe the current attitudes towards migrants, according to a global authority on migrations. Migration has always, and will always be, a constant occurrence globally, yet…