Posing as a stationery salesman and wearing down at heel, provincial clothing Afghan refugee ‘Ahmed’ made a daring escape into Pakistan under the noses of the Taliban. As a senior Afghan government official, he faced prison or worse if he…

For seven decades, AMES Australia has been supporting newly arrived refugees and migrants settling in Australia, helping to build our marvellous multicultural society.

Six months after they began to arrive the 500th family of Afghan evacuees have been supported to settle in their own home. ‘Ahmed’ (not his real name) and his wife and nine children have been supported by refugee and migrant…

Some foreign skilled workers in Australia are being paid as little as $40 a day, putting them well under the poverty line, a Senate inquiry has heard. A Senate committee examining new laws to protect migrant workers from exploitation was…

This month, leading settlement agency AMES Australia marks 70 years of supporting migrants and refugees settle successfully in Australia. From humble beginnings teaching English to new arrivals in makeshift Nissen Huts at Bonegilla, AMES Australia has grown into one of…

In a quiet laneway in suburban St Kilda there is a slice of Syria. The Flavours of Syria Café has been established by asylum seeker chef Nayran Tabiei, who fled both Iran and Syria as a refugee from brutal, authoritarian…

The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR has criticised Greece over reports that it has been denying entry to migrants and asylum seekers who reach its borders. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said in a statement that there had been deaths among the…

A longstanding offer from New Zealand to resettle up to 150 asylum seekers in Australia’s offshore detention centres has been accepted in principle. If a deal is struck, it means asylum seekers, some who have been held indefinitely in limbo…

Seven years after the start of the conflict in Yemen, the nation continues to face a devastating and unrelenting humanitarian crisis. A new report from the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR says 66 per cent of Yemen’s 30 million people depend…

A fresh refugee crisis has erupted in strife-riven Ethiopia after thousands of Eritreans were forced to flee a camp when fighting flared between Ethiopian government troops and separatists in the Afar region. The UN refugee agency UNHCR says that unidentified…

The government of the Canadian province of Quebec is passing a law to effectively force all new immigrants to learn French within six months. Under its proposed ‘language bill’ all government officials will be required to communicate with new arrivals…

Many Hong Kong refugees who have sought asylum in Taiwan are showing signs of trauma and struggling to adapt to life in a new place, according to a new report. Many of the victims were beaten by Hong Kong police,…