A MULTICULTURAL strategy is being devised to help people from other cultures find work and affordable housing on the peninsula. Warringah Council is devising its first multicultural strategy to promote community harmony. Called Culturally Diverse Warringah, more than 800 stakeholders…

Each year more than 10-thousand refugees are resettled in Australia – a growing proportion are young. Some flee with their families; others are forced to leave on their own. This special story is told by three young people about their…

She spent endless days and nights fleeing a warzone as a tiny child, first on foot through the darkness and then by boat after they shut the borders in her native Sierra Leone. But when Yarrie Bangurra saw the camp…

AFGHANI migrant Golmahi Arabzadeh has overcome many challenges on her journey to Australia and now she is overcoming social isolation by learning English. Golmahi arrived in Australia in September 2013 with her five children and elderly mother. “We left Iran…

Last week two South Sudanese refugees, Adelaide United and Australian under-20 player Awer Mabil and brother Awer Bul, returned to the scorching heat at Kakuma Refugee Camp in north-western Kenya where both once lived. Fellow United player Osama Malik, of…

Open letter regarding the Border Force Act 2015 Today the Border Force Act comes into force. It includes provision for a two-year jail sentence for “entrusted persons” such as ourselves if we continue to speak out about the deplorable state…

It can be difficult for any student to get used to a new school, but especially hard for young refugees who have to manage an unfamiliar language and culture. South Australian primary schools are now using student mentors to help…

For decades, Kamahl Ibram has been bringing news and entertainment to eager listeners in Australia hungry for news about their homeland, broadcasting his Arabic language radio program from a makeshift studio in his Earlwood garage. Read more: http://www.nvi.com.au/story/3175376/egyptian-migrant-kamahl-ibram-recognised-for-lifetime-achievement-in-radio/

AMES is pleased to be part of the Federal Government’s jobactive employment initiative and will continue to work to improve employment and recruitment outcomes for jobseekers and employers, AMES CEO Cath Scarth said today as the scheme was launched. “AMES…

In 2014 we met Noran Zahrooni, a six-year-old refugee who had just arrived in Australia from war-torn Syria, as he was battling trauma on his first day of school in Sydney. One year on, we catch up with Noran to…

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out on city streets around the globe in support of refugees and asylum seekers on World Refugee Day this week as world leaders pledged more action to keep displaced people safe. In a statement…

Melbourne and the rest of the country last week saw a plethora of events celebrating positive contributions made by refugees. From June 14-20, the city came alive with a range of concerts, workshops, and quirky ideas to celebrate and inform…