The United Nations’ migration agency IOM has recently released its five year strategic plan as global migration reaches record levels. The International Organization of Migration (IOM) says the plan is aimed at delivering on the promise of safe, orderly, and…

Europe will see an increase in migration this year as people try to reach the continent before new laws come into place that aim to cut the number of arrivals, a new report says. The report, from the Vienna-based International…

Increasing numbers of Chinese asylum seekers are appearing on the US-Mexico border trying to enter America in a surprising new trend. Reports from the US say that in the first 11 months of 2023, more than 31,000 Chinese citizens were…

AMES Australia’s iMPACT magazine scoops the ‘media award’ in the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence. The award recognises ‘outstanding reporting of issues of importance to culturally diverse communities and reporting that contributes to Victorians improved cross-cultural understanding’. The award citation…

The US Government has launched a new refugee program that will allow sponsors nominate specific people they want to bring to the US in an initiative intended to help families reunite and involve more everyday Americans. The program, similar to…

Recent debates on migration policy around the globe have often descended into exercises in recrimination or demonization. And the language around migration and seeking asylum can become pejorative. A recent briefing paper from the UNHCR is a useful circuit breaker…

The first prize winner in this year’s Heartlands art project says her experiences as a refugee and her family’s difficult history inspired her to become a writer. Wida Tausif is an Afghan refugee who grew up in Pakistan and New…

A children’s book that celebrates language and traditional farming practices has been created through a remarkable community project in Mildura Titled, ‘We Are Home’ and created by Mildura’s Food Next Door Co-op, the tri-lingual book sees children involved in the…

More than 1400 Israeli civilians were killed when the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented brutal assault on Israel on October 7, with hundreds of gunmen infiltrating communities near the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military says more than 200…

The federal government has released a new ‘Refugee and Humanitarian Entrant Settlement and Integration Outcomes Framework’, which sets out Australia’s vision of successful refugee settlement and integration. In developing the framework, six areas critical to successful integration of refugees have…

Motaz Bahageel is from Sudan and Hasan and Rizwan are from Egypt. Other teammates are from Palestine, India and Malaysia. These are ‘The Avengers’, a pick up team of local doctors who competed in the recent ‘AMES Australia Multicultural Cup’,…

An Afghan refugee living in Melbourne has been reunited with members of his family he has not seen for more than nine years. Dr Abdulatif Stanikzai, who fled Afghanistan in 2014 after becoming a target of a Taliban execution squad,…