A black American has applied to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board in Vancouver to grant him refugee status. Kyle L Canty told Canadian immigration officials that after living in seven different states, he has faced what he describes as harassment…

Australia is the first genuine Eurasian nation, according to journalist and author George Megalogenis. Megalogenis’ new book ‘Australia’s Second Chance: What our history tells us about our future’ charts migration and demographic patterns in Australia and links them to the…

World leaders must prepare for more diversity as aging societies in the developed world and endemic youth unemployment in the developing world drive demographic trends, according to the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Speaking at a meeting on…

Amid the ethnical, logistical and policy morass that is the global refugee crisis – and in an atmosphere in which conservative commentators and mealy-mouthed nationalist leaders have barked about ‘illegals’ and ‘economic refugees’ – it has taken Pope Francis to…

It was Game On! for more than 100 new arrivals to Australia as they were introduced to the nations number one sport during the inaugural AMES Australia Cup. Click here to view video   Cesira Colleluori AMES Australia Staff Writer

Masoud Parviz has been humbled by a ‘blind side’ moment. Just like the character Michael, the subject of the Michael Lewis book, The Blind Side, Iranian asylum seeker Masoud was invited into the home of a middle class Australian family.…

Edible birds’ nests are quietly emerging as one of Melbourne’s most coveted foreign delicacies. The nests are created using solidified saliva and have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years due to their perceived health benefits and good…

With Germany fielding more than 300,000 applications for asylum last year and rising incidents of violent racism, it is no wonder migration has become a hot issue there. But a German TV journalist’s impassioned appeal for a “rebellion of the…

As migration becomes the mega-trend of our time it is becoming increasingly necessary to critically observe the current attitudes towards migrants, according to a global authority on migrations. Migration has always, and will always be, a constant occurrence globally, yet…

AN IMPRESSIVE CV including three degrees and a successful career as a communications expert and business administrator meant little when Luz Restrepo arrived in Australia from Colombia. The political refugee spoke only Spanish and finding work in the fields she…

Increasing numbers of businesses and organisations are providing English language classes for their culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) workforces. Better communication in the workplace improves productivity, safety and fosters mutual understanding, according to corporate human relations specialist Simon Shand. “Having…

Each year more than 10-thousand refugees are resettled in Australia – a growing proportion are young. Some flee with their families; others are forced to leave on their own. This special story is told by three young people about their…