President Biden’s promises to restore the US’ refugee and migration programs have suffered a chaotic few weeks. After promising to revert to a refugee intake of around 125,000, similar to the Obama years, the Biden administration backtracked and announced it…

The Victorian Government has awarded funding to more than 40 projects aimed at helping community organisations remain connected to their traditions and culture by increasing the safety, accessibility and condition of existing community facilities. Through the Multicultural Community Infrastructure Fund, the…

A new essay from the Scanlon Institute looks at the how migrant run small businesses are vital contributors to Australian neighbourhoods and are at the forefront of the nation’s economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The essay, by…

Skills minister launches AMES digital literacy program Victoria’s Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney recently visited AMES Australia’s Werribee site to meet teachers and students and see the Digital Literacy pre-course in action. AMES Digital Literacy pre-course is a…

Australia faces significant economic harm, including a worsening budget deficit position, if skilled migrant numbers are not restored, according to a new report. The new research by BIS Oxford Economics reveals overseas migrants have an employment participation rate of 92…

The United Nations refugee agency and aid organisations have called for action to stop an increasing number of migrants drowning at sea on the central Mediterranean asylum seeker route. The UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) are have expressed concern…

Consumers from diverse communities saw greater hardships during COVID-19 lockdown due to financial stress and poor industry practices, new research claims. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating across Australia. Whilst job losses and financial instability did not…

Protests have broken out in Japan over moves to change Japan’s asylum laws to make it easier to deport failed applicants for refugee status. Protestors took to the streets of Tokyo while lawyers, lawmakers and human rights groups said the…

Venezuelan migrants who have fled to Colombia since the collapse of their country’s economy and the political crisis that sparked it in 2016 will be granted legal status. The move will give nearly a million undocumented migrants rights to legal…

The latest migration data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows an increasingly diverse and multicultural nation with India and China increasingly the source of new migrants. The new data gathered just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit shows that in…

Former US President George W Bush has waded into the US’ ongoing debate on immigration saying that migrants were “a force for good”. In an opinion piece published in the Washington Post, President Bush supported rights for migrants calling for…

Adelaide’s struggling Port Adelaide and Enfield areas have been revitalised by an influx of Hazara refugees from Afghanistan, according to a new report. The previously declining communities have been transformed socially, culturally and economically, the report says. Produced by the…