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Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Afghan refugee Narges Hazareh is following her dream of establishing a career in art. Narges was born and raised in Afghanistan but found her love for art at an early age when she was a refugee in Iran. Now living in Melbourne’s south-east, Narges is exploring her passion for the discipline of resin art. Resin […]
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett has told of how her work with refugees has left her “shaken and enriched”. Melbourne-based actor and two-time Oscar winner Ms. Blanchett said she had been: “shaken by the scale of the ever-growing displacement crisis,…
Multiple migrations out of Africa, beginning 120,000 years ago – rather than a single exodus 60,000 years ago – gave rise to the modern population of people, according to new research. The findings of a major new review of scientific…
The United States has withdrawn from a bid to establish a ground-breaking voluntary pact to deal with migration on a global basis. In a statement, the US’ mission to the UN said President Donald Trump made the decision. “No country…
Australia’s migration system has again been drawn into debates in the US over the intake of immigrants and refugee. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has called for the end of what is known in the US as ‘chain migration’ –…
A young refugee has recently been appointed as a full time Ranger with Parks Victoria, in what is believed to be an Australian first. Hsar Thein is originally from Burma and now part of Werribee’s local Karen community. He arrived…
Victorians led the charge towards the legalisation of same sex marriage, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Almost 65 per cent of Victorians backed the change – above the national figure of 62 percent and the…
When Australia’s Socceroos face Honduras this weekend, they will see a wall of passionate local fans, maybe some smoke flares and, according to sports pundits, a well organised defence. They will also see armed guards, an inflatable tunnel outside their…
As a doctor working in Iraq during the conflict there, Asseel Yako saved hundreds of lives. His daily work was tending to battlefield wounds suffered by soldiers or militia members fighting ISIS or patching up women children horrifically injured in…
A new magazine that gives a voice to the people of Syria through stories, poetry and reflection has published its second edition. The Melbourne-based editors of ‘Beloved Syria – Considering Syrian Perspectives’ say the magazine aims to reveal the beauty…
The number of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar has hit a staggering half million in just five weeks, according to the UN’s refugee agency. After violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on August 25,…
A new snapshot of global population trends shows that humanity is rapidly ageing as it becomes a more mobile and city-based species. The world’s population reached nearly 7.6 billion in mid-2017, a rise of one billion people since 2005 and…
Refugees resettling in Australia are finding work in larger numbers but many have skills that are going to waste, a new study shows. The study, by the Institute of Family Studies (IFS), shows almost a quarter of refugees have found…