Dozens of Afghan families are being reunited in Australia following months of separation caused by the return of the Taliban regime in their homeland. In recent weeks the wives, children and extended relatives of Afghans who worked with, of for,…

Australia is missing out on the potential benefits of temporary skilled migration while also allowing the exploitation of migrant workers, according to a new report from the Grattan Institute. Titled ‘Fixing temporary skilled migration: A better deal for Australia’, the report…

Climate change could drive tens of millions of people from their homes and cause economic and political chaos, according to a new report from the UN’s climate watchdog. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says…

Ukrainian communities across Australia are rallying to support the people of their homeland as Russia ramps up a brutal military invasion of the beleaguered nation. Fund raising events are being planned across the country to raise money for a humanitarian…

A new support group based in Melbourne’s north is helping newly arrived migrant and refugee women navigate their new lives in Australia. The not-for-profit organisation ‘Zanobia’ is supporting women, particularly from Arabic-speaking backgrounds establish new lives in a new society.…

Migrants are less likely that native born Australians to be working in a job linked to their qualifications, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). But migrants and refugees are contributing significantly to the workforces…

A Syrian refugee artist living in the UK has produced a haunting and visceral series of images that capture the human sorrow and trauma of a decade of war has wrought in his homeland. Dr Ammar Azzouz is a UK-based…

Pope Francis has slammed Europe over closed borders and the migrant and refugee crisis. After a visit to Lesbos, the Greek island at the centre of Europe’s refugee crisis for a decade, to offer comfort to asylum seekers, he had…

Australians’ support for multiculturalism, government and their fellow Aussies has survived the COVID pandemic with the nation’s social cohesion in “solid” shape, according to a major new research report. Optimism and economic satisfaction have also remained high, according to the…

Refugee advocate Ivor Houston has spent six months trekking 4,000 kilometres across Australia to raise funds for refugees and the displaced. He trudged more than 5 million steps for a cause he says is close to his heart. “I would…

‘Najaf’ was the last man to leave the Australian embassy in Kabul when it closed in late May this year. As the building’s plumber and handyman, it was his job to lock the doors after all of the diplomatic staff…

A new job creation initiative is securing the futures of refugees and asylum seekers by setting them up with their own businesses. The ‘Business in a Box’ scheme, a pioneered by refugee micro-finance provider Thrive, is seeing refugees and asylum…