THE little orphan treads carefully, as though the soft ground underneath him was a minefield in his homeland instead of harmless Queensland mud. The 50kg 15-year-old tiptoes around the boggy ground as he makes his way out onto his school…

THEY are Sydney’s most reclusive multi-millionaires and our most generous migrants. Property magnates Isaac Wakil, who emigrated to Australia from Iraq, and his wife Susan, who fled Romania as a child, have quietly been selling off parts of their property…

THE Tasmanian Government is considering joining a scheme to bring asylum seekers to regional areas in return for a better chance to remain in Australia. Read more: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/tasmania-may-join-asylum-visa-plan/story-fnjj6010-1227377247239

About 50 students from AMES Youth 3 classes attended the Try a Trade event at Cranbourne Racecourse recently. Facilitated by the South East Local Learning and Employment Network and held as part of the South East Careers Expo, the event…

AMES Footscray has joined with an order of Catholic nuns to provide newly arrived migrant and refugee mothers of school-age children with English lessons in a new and innovative program. Josephite nun Sister Joan Healy identified a need for mums…

For the last two years The Welcome Group have been working tirelessly to supply much needed material aid to refugees in Victoria. The completely volunteer run group rely on donated time and materials to provide newly arrived refugees with the…

The disparate notions of ‘data’ and ‘joy’ might appear to make unusual and uncomfortable bed-mates but it is the contention of leading British educationalist Sir Michael Barber that, at least in terms of improved learning outcomes, the former is a…

An AMES student was able to save her own daughter’s life because she had completed a first aid course organised by her teacher. Srylyhung Tao tells the harrowing story of helping her 19-month-old daughter Samalisa start to breathe again after…

The International Shorts 1 at the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF) showcased an extraordinarily powerful and thought provoking collection of short films. A peek into the intricate complications of human kind, the one and a half hour screening…

Jewish immigration into Israel has surged more than 40 per cent with Ukrainians and Russians fleeing instability in the region making up the bulk of the émigrés. Western Europeans concerned about rising Islamic extremism, especially after the Charlie Hebdo Paris…

Thousands of refugees are adrift in boats at sea in what is being described as a humanitarian crisis in the making. The refusal of Indonesia and Thailand’s military and Malaysia’s navy to allow boatloads of Burmese Rohingyas and Bangladeshis land…

The 2015-16 Federal Budget brings good news and bad news for both the migration and humanitarian sectors and the broader Australian community. Ten billion dollars for young families and small business are the central pillars of the federal government’s spending…