A new political party has launched this week with a comprehensive asylum seeker and refugee management policy at the heart of its agenda. The new centrist Australian Progressive Party (APP) set out its asylum seeker policy in detail, while calling…

For former AMES student Amy Vy it has been a long journey from the highlands of Vietnam to the Whitten Oval. But the 25-year old is now on a pathway to her dream job after securing a role as a…

The act of basketweaving always brings Evelyn Miburo bittersweet memories of home in Burundi, so it’s no surprise that when the craftswoman and refugee camp survivor finally arrived in Australia, she was quick to pick up the needle. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/burundi-refugee-evelyn-miburo-weaves-meaning-into-new-homeland-20141016-116z3k.html#ixzz3GemKyn7m

Students, unions and non-government organisations in Cambodia are mounting a campaign to oppose the refugee deal with Australia. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/naca/radionews/episode/367847/Cambodians-protest-over-Aussie-refugee-deal

People smuggling rackets preying on some of the world’s most vulnerable people is not just an issue for Australian policy makers. In the US, immigration reform has taken a back seat recently as the debate over what to do about…

Delivering economic benefits by improving reading and writing skills of adults needs time and patience to achieve results, according to new research. A long-term study of adult literacy in the US has found it can take ten years to see…

Google may have recently topped the list of best companies to work for, but it is admitting that it isn’t a frontrunner when it comes to diversity. The company has finally shown its hand when it comes to race and…

A UNIQUE mentoring program is kickstarting the media careers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse students from Macquarie University. Read more: http://newslocal.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?&article=b3765642-69a7-4cce-b415-12cceaafd1f2&viewmode=2&page=47

More than a thousand people have rallied in Melbourne to protest against the first anniversary of the federal government’s refugee policies. Speakers including ACTU president Ged Kearney, Greens MP Adam Bandt, and Labor MP Lisa Chesters joined a number of…

A new digital magazine is hoping to change the way women from diverse backgrounds are represented in the media. Ascension Magazine has been founded by former model Sasha Sarago, who was forced to quit the industry because of a lack…

On Citizenship Day this year 35 people became Australian citizens in a low key but emotion-charged ceremony in the Memorial Community Centre at Nhill, in western Victoria. Thirty-three of the 35 were Karen refugees from Burma and the event was…

We once used behaviour around the hotel pool as a gauge of national temperament and characteristics. But now, it seems, mobile phone use and etiquette has become the ultimate indicator of international idiosyncrasy. A World Bank study has found the…