Migration is now less of a divisive issue for Australians than at any point in the past decade, according to the latest Mapping Social Cohesion survey by the Scanlon Foundation and Monash University. But levels of race discrimination and mistrust…

Artistic people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds will get an opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity through the Heartlands 2017 Arts Project. The initiative will provide selected artists with support through workshops, professional development and funding and as…

This year is shaping as the deadliest on record for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe with death estimates put at around 4,000. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported at least…

A woman who lost her leg has made an impassioned plea in defence of asylum seekers citing a refugee surgeon who helped her walk again. Mother-of-two Allison France – whose leg was severed after being struck by a car five…

A new approach is needed to tackling the world’s refugee situation, according to an Australian recently appointed to a key leading role at the UN’s High Commission for Refugees. Andrew Harper AM has this week taken up a role in…

The top ten best ideas that improve life for refugees have been identified and commended by a European not-for-profit organisation. Danish charity INDEX: Design to Improve Life has come up with a list of innovative designs created in the past…

Young artists in Melbourne explore black culture in Blunted on Reality, a group exhibition inspired by the Fugee’s original album in 1994. Exploring themes on migration, movement and home, works are presented by Aysha Tufa, Guled Abdulwasi, Aćol Agaar, Hawanatu…

Just days after the first anniversary of the death of Alan Kurdi – the little refugee boy whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey causing a worldwide outcry – UNICEF has released a new report highlighting the plight…

Two and a half million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan could be sent back, despite not being born in Afghanistan and never having lived there. Citing security concerns, the Pakistani Government has said in a statement this week the refugees…

A photograph of a boy sitting dazed and bloodied in the back of an ambulance after surviving a regime airstrike in Aleppo has highlighted the desperation of the Syrian civil war and the struggle for control of the city. The…

Amid the furore around drug cheats being allowed to compete, security failures, non-existent plumbing and all pervasive social media nastiness – they are the true inspirations of the Rio Olympics. They are the 10 members of the first ever refugee…

The health of migrants and refugees living in Australia’s rural and regional areas could be at risk because of a lack of interpreters for medical and mental health appointments, according to doctors’ groups. Australian doctors are concerned poor health outcomes…