The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has warned that a rising number of people are fleeing conflict and persecution around the world at a time when more and more countries are closing their doors. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo…

One of Australia’s leading community learning festivals kicked off this week with a distinct multicultural flavour. The City’s Wyndham’s Learning Festival 2018 was launched this week with performances from Brazilian drummers, a Chinese choir and a local school orchestra. Learning…

A year after their exodus from horrific violence in Burma’s Rakhine State almost a million Rohingya people are living in tents in a precarious part of southern Bangladesh near the town of Cox’s Bazar. They are enduring a battering from…

Brexit negotiations have increased apace ahead of the UK’s planned departure from the European Union next March. But with British Prime Minister Theresa May yet to secure a deal, facing splits within her party and the tough task of securing…

A raft of new research suggests that early sympathetic sentiments towards displaced Syrian refugees that was prevalent at the beginning of the eight year conflict are begging to evaporate. Some researchers argue that since the terror attacks in Paris and…

The humanitarian world this week farewelled an inveterate champion of refugees in Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond; the first humanitarian academic and activist to argue that refugees were not helpless victims but individuals with strengths and resilience. Dr Harrell-Bond worked tirelessly for…

A new analysis and map shows how most of the world’s refugees are living in the urban areas of developing nations and not in refugee camps. Produced by the Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD) and the Tent Partnership for…

Melbourne’s Multicultural Hub continues to cement itself as a focal point for the city’s multicultural communities with more than 100,000 people using the facility in the past year. Now in its tenth year providing services in the Melbourne CBD, the…

Indonesian women living in Melbourne recently celebrated Kartini Day, which celebrates the life of women’s rights activist Raden Ajeng Kartini and is a reminder of the equality that women in Indonesia have achieved over generations. This year, to celebrate the…

As tens of thousands of people took to Berlin’s streets this week in protests on either side of Germany’s migration debate, there was a much talk about a demographic crisis. New research shows that Germany is facing a demographic crisis…

Refugees who have fled war zones are connecting with in indigenous culture to find solace and understand more about their new home. Refugees from South Sudan, Burma and Iran recently climbed up to the top of Wurdi Yawang or Big…

The cost of living is rising rapidly and families on low incomes – including many from refugee or CALD communities – are amongst the hardest hit, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New South Wales’s social…