As the United States moves to significantly increase the number of refugees allowed into the country each year, experts say the Australian Government will face pressure to do the same. US President Joe Biden has said he would cap refugee…

AMES, 7Eleven honoured in corporate giving award AMES Australia and corporate partner 7Eleven have won a prestigious corporate giving award. The partnership, which sees 7Eleven staff mentor AMES Australia jobseeker clients, won the ‘Best Pro Bono/Workplace Volunteering Bronze Award’ at…

Newly minted US president Joe Biden is set to radically revamp America’s asylum and migration system after it was effectively dismantled by the Trump administration. Recent reports from Washington have revealed how US President Joe Biden is expected to use…

An experimental new housing project in Paris is seeing a group of refugees share accommodation with locals. Near the Louvre Museum, eleven refugees are spending a year living with thirteen French people as a unique ‘family’. The refugee residents, aged…

The use of ‘smart’ border technology by governments and agencies is having negative impacts of refugees and exacerbating their pre-existing vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the United Nations. The report says automated decision-making processes add risks such as…

A family that has been on the move for eighteen years because of threats, persecution and conflict have found a home and new lives in Melbourne. Sahar Saloom and her daughters Raghdah and Abeer are now living in the city’s…

Federal Labor frontbencher Clare O’Neil has called for sweeping changes to Australia’s immigration system as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of society and industry to speed up the nation’s recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The member for…

Migrant students are 68 per cent more likely to participate in science subjects after the age of 16 than students from Australian backgrounds. And first generation migrant students are 35 per cent more likely to participate in science subjects after…

Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have received the most refugees over the past decade, according to new data from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Turkey has provided protection to more refugees than any other country in the last ten years. But…

Gains in the improvement of the integration of immigrants in host countries across the globe over the past decade have been put at risk by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, a new report from the OECD. The OECD…

Syrian refugee Mariam Georges and her family have found safety and a new life in Melbourne after suffering through years of conflict, trauma, discrimination and uncertainty. Forced to flee their home and their lives in the Syrian city of Aleppo…

Americans are becoming more ethnically diverse and more positive about diversity, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. An analysis of US Census data found the United States is more racially and ethnically diverse than it ever has…