SBS has produced a fascinating interactive platform that explores data from the 2021 Census to delve into Australia’s diversity. The ‘SBS Census Explorer’ gives insights into the many and varied diverse communities living in Australia as well as the diversity…

The achievements of some of Victoria’s most inspirational refugees were celebrated at the recent Victoria Refugee Awards. Held at the State Library during Refugee Week, the annual awards recognise people, businesses and organisations who have excelled through their study, work,…

The Australian Human Rights Commission has rebooted its anti-racism campaign targeting people who have never experienced discrimination. The second iteration of the ‘Racism: It Stops with Me’ campaign has been partly funded by a sponsor who redirected financial support from…

The border crossing between the US and Mexico has become the deadliest migration route in the world, according to a new study. The study, by the Missing Migrants Project and published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), found at…

The global population will reach eight billion people later this year and continue to rise for the next six decades, according to the UN’s latest population report. The World Population Prospects 2022 report, from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division…

A fascinating new interactive map paints a disturbing picture of freedom and human rights in retreat across the globe. Produced by human rights NGO Freedom House, the map rates the relative freedom and democracy statuses of countries across the world.…

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a warning about scams that are targeting people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities as well as people with a disability and indigenous Australians. Deputy Chair of the ACCC, Delia Rickard…

Afghan refugee Sayed Burhani has wasted no time in starting his settlement journey in Australia. Six months after arriving in Melbourne, he has a job and a house and is looking forward to the future and raising their new baby…

Last month Syrian refugee Yousif Kawerma and his family moved into a new home in Melbourne’s north and he started a new job as an aircraft maintenance engineer with Qantas. With his three daughters now at university, Yousif is at…

Refugee families from the Syria-Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have achieved significant settlement, employment and social outcomes four to five years after arriving Australia, new research has found. A focus group survey of 35 families from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, commissioned…

Refugees and migrants are overwhelmingly embracing Australia’s electoral process and were keen to vote in May’s federal election, a new survey has found. A survey of more than a hundred refugees and migrants who voted for the first time found…