A poem that draws on the resilience and hope of refugee families and communities has won a major poetry prize. The poem ‘Can I Hold a Village?’ by writer and poet Victoria King has won the 2020 Ballina Region for…

Afghan trauma surgeon Abdullatif Stanikzai’s life changed forever the day three wounded Taliban fighters were brought into his Kabul hospital. The men had been shot and captured in a gun battle with police who demanded they be kept alive so…

Intercultural marriage is booming in Australia as the nation sees an overall decline in formal nuptial unions. And a new narrative from the Scanlon Foundation, written by Social researcher Trish Prentice, explores what it is like to grow up in…

Irregular migration could spike around the globe as the COVID-19 pandemic increases hunger and food insecurity, according to a new report. The ground breaking report, titled ‘Populations at risk: Implications of COVID-19 for hunger, migration and displacement’, was produced by…

Refugee-run businesses are reopening with the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions which have seen hospitality and retail venues in Melbourne closed for 15 weeks. Dozens of hospitality, retail and service small businesses are reopening their doors this week as COVID-19…

A secondary humanitarian crisis is emerging in Uganda, where around half a million refugees are facing hunger and starvation because of cuts to food aid and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to statistics published recently by the Integrated…

Refugees are increasingly at risk as the COVID-19 crisis erodes protections and exacerbates health risks, according to the UNHCR protection chief and former Australian Human Right Commissioner Gillian Triggs. International standards of refugee protection have been severely tested in 2020…

Three years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, men women and children – driven from their homes in Myanmar into camps across the border in Bangladesh – are even more vulnerable than ever, UN agencies say.  According to the UN World…

A family of Afghan tailors has been making face masks to protect people in Mildura from the COVID-19 virus. Afghan refugee Razie Abdullah and her family have been turning out masks in partnership with the Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council…

Cath Scarth – CEO AMES Australia Ensuring an ‘inclusive recovery’ My organisation has recently been supporting a young refugee from Afghanistan called Ali. Ali has been desperate to find work even through the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With…

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on economic growth and labour market activity in Australia, and especially so for migrants and refugees, a new analysis shows. An analysis of recent data from the latest Australia Labour Market Update,…

European countries can turn the migration crisis into a “window” of opportunity, dialogue and encounter between migrants and their citizens, according to Pope Francis. The Pope was speaking as he welcomed ‘Snapshots from the Borders’ – a group aimed at…