A brand-new museum dedicated to the contributions and history of Vietnamese presence in Australia is set to open in Sunshine. The museum will be located at 121 Durham Road, Sunshine and conveniently located only 3 minutes from the Sunshine Railway…

A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and believe it is important to celebrate Australia Day, according to a new survey. Most newcomers plan to mark the day in some way and that…

Islamophobia and antisemitism are on the rise in Australia following recent events in the Middle East. The ABC has reported Australian Muslims are now receiving death threats, verbal abuse, and physical assaults, while Muslim-owned businesses are being boycotted. The attacks…

The current debate over Australia’s migrant intake may have been distorted by selective interpretations of migration data and hijacked for political purposes, new data suggests. Using a ‘fixed point projection’, Melbourne University demographer Peter McDonald found that by March 2024, Australia…

Migration to wealthy countries reached a record level for the second year running in 2023 with 6.5 million permanent migrants settling in the 38 richest countries, according to a report by the OECD. The report said the figures reflected a…

A ‘Refugees for Climate Change Action’ group has been launched by the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR in a bid to mobilise the world’s displaced people in the fight against global warming. Star of the TV series Sanditon and UNHCR…

Migrant and refugee communities are more vulnerable to natural disasters and extreme weather events than the general population, according to a raft of new research. The recent Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA) conference heard how new strategies…

On 7 October last year, 1200 people were killed and around 250 taken hostage in a Hamas terror attack on Israel launched from the Gaza strip. In response, the Israeli Government led by Benjamin Netanyahu launched a devastating year-long bombing…

The Afghan community in Australia has stepped up to provide significant support their compatriots suffering under the increasingly authoritarian Taliban regime, a new study shows. A survey by the Australian national University’s Migration Hub found that since the Taliban takeover…

For 27 years Jim Revell has quietly been making a difference in the lives of thousands of migrants and refugees newly arrived in Australia. His work as a volunteer tutor with migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia has helped…

Australia and the UN’s migration agency IOM have unveiled a new initiative to boost support for migrant workers from the Pacific. The program will focus on families who are part of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, which sees…

Tens of millions of people will die over the next 25 years because of so-called ‘superbug’ bacterial infections that can resist antibiotics – and refugee camps or humanitarian crisis settings could be the worst hit, new research predicts. There will…