Newly arrived refugees and migrants are learning English with the help of high school students who act as tutors and classroom assistants in an innovative new program being pioneered in suburban Melbourne. Eighty-nine students from Box Hill High School, in…

Billionaire businessman George Soros has outlined a detailed seven-point plan to mitigate Europe’s refugee crisis, saying he believes it could help the continent avoid a catastrophe. “If significant progress could be made on the refugee issue, it would make the…

Singer songwriter Sting will release a new album in November largely inspired by Europe’s migrant crisis. The former front man of the band The Police said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that the album would return to a…

The world’s five wealthiest countries – which make up half the global economy – are hosting less than 5 per cent of the world’s refugees, according to new research. Meanwhile 86 per cent of refugees are in poorer developing countries…

New guidelines that provide a framework for the protection of refugees and migrants in the event of conflict or natural disaster were launched this week by the international Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Initiative. ‘Guidelines to Protect Migrants in…

A recently released United Nations flowchart for refugees has exposed how complicated it is to apply for asylum. The flowchart, a classic example of Byzantine bureaucratic befuddlement, is emblematic of how governments and bureaucracies across the globe are clamping down…

Ancient Rome’s treatment of migrants could teach the modern world much about approaches to migration and asylum seekers, according to one of the world’s foremost experts on Roman history. Professor Mary Beard says that while Rome’s repressive treatment of women…

A ‘flipped classroom’ approach to teaching English as a second language is achieving significant success at language school in the Middle East, according to new research. US-born educator Rashenah Walker has implemented a ‘flipped classroom’ program at schools in Dubai…

When 14-year-old Suvir Mirchandani was trying to think of ways to cut waste and save money at his Pittsburgh school, he never dreamt that his idea would become a global case study in behavioural change and imaginative thinking. But when…

Anxiety and fear around social change in western nations was fuelling a rise in extremist politics and giving rise to extreme behaviour among ordinary people and would-be political leaders, according to Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane. Speaking at…

A set of new national standards for improving the settlement outcomes of new arrivals to Australia was launched at this year’s Settlement Council of Australia Conference. The proposed National Settlement Outcomes Standards will guide settlement services across the nation and…

Terrorism and forced migration are most pressing humanitarian challenges now and for the immediate future, according to a new annual Humanitarian Index. Global humanitarian initiative, The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, has created the first annual Humanitarian Index to identify…