Melbourne recently hosted a major soccer tournament made up of Afghan diaspora teams from across Australia and around the globe. Sponsored by refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, 7Eleven and Melbourne City Football Club, the ‘Unity Cup’ tournament saw almost 50…

Ukrainian refugees in Australia have marked their first Christmas away from their homeland with events across the country, including a community camp in Sydney. Held at a Ukrainian Youth Association facility on the Colo River, at the foot of the…

Pre-pandemic optimism around improvements in global poverty levels, food security and education have been dented by a new report from the UN’s humanitarian relief agency OCHA. The latest ‘Humanitarian Action’ report by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

People from Australia’s diverse communities are among those at risk from mortgage stress as interest rates continue to rise, industry experts say. Some estimates say up to 80 per cent of households in some of Melbourne’s most multicultural postcodes were…

Her crime was to rescue refugees at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. Now celebrated Syrian swimmer Sarah Mardini, along with 23 other humanitarian rescue workers are on trial in Greece for espionage, assisting smuggler networks and membership of…

Migration to Australia is expected to return to levels similar to those before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says. The ‘2022 Population Statement’ from the federal government’s Centre for Population says that COVID travel restriction resulted in 85,000 fewer…

The US government has announced it will begin turning back Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the US-Mexico border illegally as part of a major re-set of America’s immigration policy. The move comes as part of an existing effort to…

Around 45,000 irregular migrants crossed the English Channel arriving in the UK in 2022 – up by 17,000 on the previous year, new UK government figures reveal. The arrivals have become a polarising issue and a political problem for the…

2022 has been a tumultuous year, dominated by the war in Ukraine and the massive human, economic and political chaos it has generated.The war has killed tens of thousands of people and created Europe’s largest refugee crisis since WWII with…

At a small gathering at an art exhibition in Melbourne’s Docklands the quiet courage is almost palpable. Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia is meeting with a group of recently arrived refugees from his war-torn homeland. Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko talks amiably with…

At the end of World War II Maru Jarockj’s parents fled Ukraine as refugees, leaving behind a devastated nation and their experiences of brutal forced labour under the Nazis. More than seventy years later the Australian-Ukrainian artist is supporting Ukrainian…

Australia’s migration system needs to build social cohesion and multiculturalism, offer support to all kinds of migrants and provide clear pathways to permanency, according to migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia. In a submission to the federal government’s review…