Warren Kirk says he lives life “looking in the rear view mirror”. The accomplished photographer has spent seven years capturing the changes being wrought to Melbourne’s western suburbs by the forces of gentrification, immigration and then property boom. His photographs…

Social media in Britain has exploded over comments by a so-called terrorism expert on Fox News that the UK city of Birmingham has become a “totally Muslim” city and a “no-go zone” for non-Muslims. Self-proclaimed expert Steven Emerson also said…

Tennis and swimming are the sports with the most culturally diverse set of participants; AFL is attracting more players with an ethnic background based in North West Europe and cricket is becoming more attractive to people with southern European backgrounds,…

A long journey over water from Iran to Australia changed refugee Mahdi Sadaghiyani’s life dramatically in more ways than one. “When we were coming to Australia a person fell out in the water,” he said. Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/refugees-lifesavers-to-give-back-to-queensland-community-20150109-12l3d0.html

Immigration increasingly dominates national debate in Australia – but what about the rest of the world? From the far right making political capital in Scandinavia to ten-thousand strong anti-islamist marches in Germany and Chinese leaders worried about an exodus of…

The gap between humanitarian needs created by conflicts around the globe and the resources available to meet them continues to grow with relief agencies appealing for an extra $US16.4 billion to assist 57.5 million people in 22 countries in 2015.…

Lionel – not his real name – is a little shy, by his own admission. He has good reason; he fled his central African homeland of Burundi, one of the world’s poorest countries, to seek asylum here. Now he waits…

A unique project to analyse media representations of Melbourne’s Sudanese community while giving community members a public voice through media training has had some success in giving the community a voice and provided a model for other minority groups, according…

Brazil is planning to teach English to a million of its citizens before the start of the Rio Olympic Games scheduled for 2016. The Brazilian Olympic Committee is partnering with the Brazilian Ministry of Education and international learning provider Education…

When Luz Restrepo fled her native Colombia as a political refugee, she didn’t only lose her home. She also lost her identity. The successful businesswoman and university lecturer arrived in Australia in 2010 with no English and no connections. Read…

Joel Carnegie meets musicians who’ve sought refuge in Australia, along with others from rich cultural heritages who’ve lived here for longer periods of time. They all come from professional classical or traditional music backgrounds and they all want to share…

They are called ‘ghost ships’ and they are a worrying new trend which sees human traffickers exploit desperate refugees by ferrying them across the Mediterranean in large ships and then abandoning them. The smugglers leave the ships drifting in the…