Iraqi refugee Aram Shaabo is gearing up to join the fight against COVID-19 as a pharmacist working in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. He has been working as a health professional for three years after fleeing his homeland. The pharmacy where he…

Volunteering improves physical and mental health, enhances skills and knowledge, builds friendships and networks as well as delivering feelings of personal satisfaction through contributing, a new survey has found. It also delivers measurable benefits to those being supported; including help…

A new exhibition of wartime sketches at the Tatura Museum gives a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of the Dunera internees – a group of mostly Jewish detainees shipped from England as enemy aliens in 1940. Paul Mezulianik…

More support for migrants starting businesses, better access to government services and information as well as a greater voice for diverse communities are among the main recommendations in an Australian Labor Party report into multicultural issues in Australia. ‘Labor’s Multicultural…

The UK government has come under fire over its ‘New Plan Immigration’ for which will limit immigration appeals, protests and judicial review. Human rights campaigners have slammed the plans contained in the proposed ‘Judicial Review Bill’ saying it will prevent…

A fascinating picture of ancient migration into Europe that has emerged from new research is raising moral and ethical questions over the Euro bloc’s increasingly draconian asylum and migration policies. Genetic sequencing of human remains dating back 45,000 years has…

Afghan minority communities in Australia fear a bloodbath when US-led coalition troops pull out of Afghanistan after almost two decades of fighting a deadly war against a fanatical insurgency. They say the Taliban is likely to brutally seize control of…

As the US and its allies, including Australia, prepare to exit Afghanistan after two decades, many are worried the Taliban will seize power. We ask: Who are the Taliban? The hard-line Islamic Taliban movement has proved to be a formidable…

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…

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…

The Parliament of Victoria has released some in-language videos produced in Arabic to explain the workings of parliament to new arrivals from the Middle East. AMES Australia representatives Osama Butti and Amira Awad Almsallam spoke to the cameras in Arabic…

A new podcast tells the story of Melbourne-based Afghan photo-journalist Barat Ali Batoor and his work in highlighting the plight of asylum seekers and the repression of ethnic minorities, including his own Hazara people. Born in Pakistan, Batoor moved to…