The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced they will now allow refugees to enter the Rio Games next year. Thomas Bach, President of the IOC, announced the change in rules to the United Nations General Assembly, which adopted a resolution…

Australia is hurtling toward significant generational change with young adults adopting views of nationhood and society markedly at odds with those of their parents, the foremost survey of Australians’ attitudes and opinions has found. The 2015 Scanlon Monash Social Cohesion…

The discovery of fossil human teeth in a cave in southern China is changing our understanding of the early migration of humans out of Africa. The find suggests Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously thought and arrived…

Iranian asylum seeker and martial arts champion, Yasser Zomorrodi, dreams of fighting for Australia. Music: Program: now! by Paradoxiclll

The amount of money spent on humanitarian efforts across the globe has soared to around $24.5 billion a year, reflecting the number of ongoing conflicts and enduring humanitarian crises in many parts of the world. This represents more than a…

Dozens of overtly racist captioned photographs condemning refugees have appeared on the internet in recent weeks. Social media sites have become filled with these so called ‘memes’ painting a negative picture of refugees through either wildly false information or photographs…

Another haunting image of the global refugee crisis that is emblematic of the human tragedy has gone viral across the globe. Just weeks after the picture of three-year-old Syrian boy named Alan Kurdi who drowned in the Mediterranean broke hearts…

An online phrasebook specifically designed for the needs of refugees is helping thousands throughout the world. The ‘Refugee Phrasebook’ has essential vocabulary in 30 different languages and is available free to refugees and those who want to help. From Croatian…

Europe remains in the grip of a migration crisis with European Union nations locked in an impasse over plans to distribute hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers across the continent. Meeting in an emergency session on Monday to discuss the…

Leading refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia has welcomed the federal government’s announcement that Australia will take an extra 12,000 refugees from Syria. AMES Australia CEO Cath Scarth said Australia was well placed to accept the increased number of…

An increased migration intake of 250,000 people a year would help offset the country’s ageing population, according to a new report by the Migration Council of Australia (MCA). The report found that by 2050, migration will contribute about $1.6 trillion…

Britain’s most secretive artist, Banksy, famous for his controversial and satirical graffiti art, has opened Dismaland, a bemusement park which unexpectedly encourages visitors to disengage and be confronted by its attractions. Among the exhibits designed to point out some the…