More than 40,000 traditional Masai farmers have been saved from eviction from their ancestral lands in Tanzania after an 18-month global campaign that attracted almost two million signatures to an online petition. The Government of Tanzania had planned to sell…

The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria has welcomed the election of a new Labor government in Victoria as an opportunity to address the issue of access to employment and aged care for migrant communities. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/30/new-victorian-government-urged-deliver-its-promise-hear-needs-migrants-refugees

Migrants have brought vital skills and labour to help to build Australia’s economy and society at critical times in the nation’s history as well as contributing to economically sustainable population numbers, a new study has found. From small business owners…

Migrants have brought vital skills and labour to help build Australia’s economy and society at critical times in the nation’s history as well as contributing to economically sustainable population numbers, a new study has found. From small business owners and…

The ‘big Australia’ debate about population size and policy has been reignited with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten declaring himself a supporter of a larger population and setting out an agenda he will take to the next election. Mr Shorten, Opposition…

For Royal Children’s Hospital Paediatrician Dr Shidan Tosif, the rewards of being able to help some of the world’s most vulnerable children outweighs all the headaches. For the past seven years Dr Tosif has worked at the RCH – in…

One of Australia’s leading academics has outlined the importance of educational opportunities to people from migrant backgrounds while urging the nation to utilise their unique skills. He said encouraging many migrants harboured “productive diversity than can be liberated by a…

A plan to make Tasmania the national hub for assessing refugee claims will be submitted to the federal government by a group of business and community leaders. The group called Tasmania Opportunity, comprising professionals, business people and community groups, has…

More than 1,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees are resettling in Australia after being granted special humanitarian visas, but this is just a fraction of the estimated number of those forced from their homes by the advance of Islamic State militants.…

A former teacher is combining her love of books and education to reach out to migrants. Read more: http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?&article=a8e1675c-043c-47bb-945d-af1b2daa3089&viewmode=2&page=9  

Victoria is the most welcoming state for refugees and asylum seekers as home to 38 per cent of the 24,500 asylum seekers currently in Australia, according to new government data. Statistics published by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection…

Victoria is the most welcoming state for refugees and asylum seekers as home to 38 per cent of the 24,500 asylum seekers currently in Australia, according to new government data. Statistics published by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection…