Former refugees who now call western Sydney home share their stories in a bid to eradicate stereotypes and put a face, and a personality, to the asylum seeker debate. Read more: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/refugees-share-their-stories-from-war-torn-middle-east-to-asylum-in-australia/story-fngr8huy-1227441496132

Television presenter and journalist Helen Kapalos​ has been appointed Victoria’s new multicultural commissioner. The Greek-Australian was revealed as the state’s new head of cultural diversity in Melbourne on Tuesday evening at an Iftar dinner, celebrating the end of the Muslim fast…

Sri Lankan asylum seeker Phillip David has two great loves; cricket and the countryside. But the circumstances of his life in his home city of Colombo precluded him from enjoying either of these. From a poor family and forced to…

People displaced from their homes by the effects of global warming will not enjoy protection under current international or Australian refugee law, according to a leading expert on the subject. Professor Jane McAdam says that current international and national legal…

Increasing numbers of businesses and organisations are providing English language classes for their culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) workforces. Better communication in the workplace improves productivity, safety and fosters mutual understanding, according to corporate human relations specialist Simon Shand. “Having…

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and calling on world leaders to invest in “books not bullets”. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-12/nobel-winner-malala-yousafzai-opens-school-for-syrian-refugees/6614170?WT.mc_id=newsmail

They say that money doesn’t buy you happiness; and, if the latest global survey of well-being is any indication, that aphorism rings true. The ‘State of Global Well-being’ report puts Panama — a tiny sliver of land with one of…

A retired nursing educator from Brighton and a migrant from Lebanon who fate brought together as volunteer tutor and student have forged a friendship that has lasted 25 years. May Farrah and her family arrived in Australia in June 1989…

With the ISIS conflict causing devastation in Syria and Iraq, the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and militant Islamist groups at war with the west, and with each other, across the whole region; the troubles of the Middle East…

From Sudanese refugee to NBA all-star, Luol Deng has walked the path that many kids in Melbourne’s refugee community hope to follow. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/09/nba-all-star-shows-south-sudanese-australians-path-success?cid=trending

While the EU continues to squabble over who should bear the greatest responsibility for asylum seekers arriving in Europe from areas of conflict, Sweden has asked its neighbour countries to regain a bit of perspective. Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/swedish-minister-gives-strongest-case-yet-on-why-eu-should-stop-turning-away-asylum-seekers-10366910.html

More than five million jobs, or the equivalent of almost 40 per cent of Australia’s current workforce, are likely to will disappear over the next decade, new research claims. But millions more jobs will open up as the trend toward…