The only Australian link to the selection of a new pope currently underway in the Vatican is Melbourne-based Ukrainian-born Cardinal Mykola Bychok. The 45-year-old is the youngest member of the college of cardinals and is the first Australian-based cardinal since…

50 years of Australia’s Vietnamese community Vietnamese refugee Hao Quach steered a rickety boat across stormy seas filled with pirates on an epic journey to safety and salvation. Speaking more than forty years after he fled his homeland, Hao says…

50 years of Australia’s Vietnamese community Hieu Van le is one of the most distinguished former Vietnamese refugees who have made Australia home. In 2014 he was sworn in as Governor of South Australia after a career in business, finance…

50 years of Australia’s Vietnamese community Fifty years ago this month Saigon fell to North Vietnamese communist forces, sparking a massive exodus of refugees, many of whom ended up in Australia. The North’s spring offensive led to the collapse of…

Engineers and researchers at Facebook have used anonymous data from three billion Facebook users to create a fascinating interactive map of global migration. The team appear to have been able to measure the long-term movement of people accurately, in near-real…

People with foreign accents can experience discrimination, inequality, lower employability and they can be misunderstood, according to some new research. Accents can also subconsciously shape the way people interact and how meaning is interpreted, the research says. In an increasingly…

Afghans who have fled conflict and persecution in their homeland now face being deported from the havens they have found in both the US and Pakistan. Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month, among more than 80,000 who…

An important part of Pope Francis’ legacy will be his support for refugees and migrants and his advocacy for ending conflicts over his decade-long papal tenure. The Pope, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, often clashed…

Opinion – Dr. Ian Pringle Refugees and displaced persons are usually the people most buffeted by the capricious winds of fortune. They are the most vulnerable, and the first to suffer, from disruptive events such as conflicts, economic downturns, the…

Two leading experts on migration policy have called for comprehensive and evidence-based migration and population policies to underpin both Australia’s economy and social cohesion. Professor Alan Gamlen, the director of the ANU Migration Hub, says migration can continue to be…

The Victorian Government has committed to restarting the state’s Interfaith Dialogue as part of a package of initiatives to strengthen multiculturalism. The Interfaith Dialogue has stalled in recent times as a result of community tensions over the conflict in Gaza.…

The attacks on refugee camps in Sudan have raised what is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis to a new level. The recent attacks on camps in western Dafur have seen hundreds of people killed and tens of thousands of already…