Emerging refugee and migrant communities in Australia appear to be suffering greater cost of living stress than the broader community, a survey of community leaders has found.  A focus group of 34 community leaders in 21 key cohort migrant and…

Helen Truong tells of her role in one of Melbourne’s great multicultural traditions – the annual Lunar New Year Lion Dance. My most favourite festivity is Lunar New Year, as it is filled with drums, cymbals, lions and dragons.  I’m…

Muqtader Yousafzai was the youngest Afghan to be awarded a full scholarship to study for a PhD. In 2020, he travelled to India to take up his doctoral studies in business administration. But when, in October 2021, Kabul fell to…

Promoting multiculturalism and advocating for gender equality are twin passions for Florence Mauwa. And it was her work in these areas that recently saw her awarded an Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2024 honours list. “It’s extremely humbling,”…

Afghanistan’s public health system has been decimated by the withdrawal of foreign aid the Taliban’s abuses against women and girls, a new report says. And the resultant healthcare crisis has made millions of Afghans increasingly vulnerable to severe malnutrition and…

Europeans are more worried about climate change-driven migration than the threat posed by Russia, according to a new survey. For Italians, the top three concerns were extreme weather and forest fires, climate change generally and the destruction of natural habitats.…

Human rights groups and advocates say that changes to the US immigration arrangements stemming from a deal between Republicans and the Biden administration would mean sending asylum seekers back to “certain death”. The border security deal — part of the…

Ukrainian Australians and Ukrainians who have arrived here since the Russian invasion say they remain confident and resilient as the war in their homeland enters its third year. But with the fall of the city of Avdiivka and US financial…

Syrians returning to their homeland face torture, abduction and other human rights violations refugees who fled the war are facing gross human rights violations, a new United Nations report says. Twelve years after the conflict in Syria began, more than…

Refugees and asylum seekers are contributing more to the US economy than they cost, a new study has found. The study, titled ‘The Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees at The Federal, State and Local Levels from 2005-2019’, by the…

Former tennis star Jelena Dokic and award winning writer Geraldine Brooks have urged Australians to keep an open mind about the recent arrival of asylum seekers by boat in Western Australia. Speaking on the ABC TV show Q&A, the pair…

A stunning art exhibition that draws on influences from eastern and western culture and art traditions is set to open in Melbourne. The exhibition is by Jimmy He, one of Australia’s leading contemporary abstract expressionist oil-painters, living and working in…