About 80 students studying at the Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre (CRLC) do not wear uniform, as the local students do. They wear ordinary clothes because they are asylum seekers – mostly from Afghanistan. The centre, set up by asylum seekers…

As the US sinks into a toxic debate about whether to let Muslim refugees into the country, its northern neighbour has set about welcoming tens of thousands of Syrians. Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last year Canada…

Former refugee and emerging artist Mehdi Jaghuri has created an art gallery devoted to diversity and inter-cultural harmony. Mehdi, who fled his homeland Afghanistan in 2005 as a member of the persecuted Hazara minority, is the driving force behind the…

Australia needs to formally address its long history of racism and poor treatment of indigenous people, according to aboriginal activist and academic Professor Gary Foley. Speaking at forum on social cohesion in Melbourne this month, Professor Foley said Australia should…

The last surviving play script handwritten by William Shakespeare showed his empathy for refugees, a new exhibition has revealed. ‘The Book of Sir Thomas More’ play script is particularly poignant given the current European migration crisis and is to be…

Australia has been asked to join a push for a new visa-free migration bloc with a new poll finding overwhelming public support to be able to live and work freely in “like-minded” nations. The push to have a “free mobility…

Last year almost 4000 migrants drowned crossing the Mediterranean to Europe. But countless more perished before they even got to the North African coast. No one is counting the lives claimed by the Sahara. Humanitarian agencies say this makes it…

New migrants are finding it harder than they expect to find suitable work in Australia and low levels of English and a lack of local experience are the biggest barriers, a new study has found. And the lack of support…

As an aircraft engineer with 30 years’ experience, refugee Fayyaz Ali Soomro faces the same career hiatus many professionals new to Australia encounter. He has been forced to cool his heels for two years while waiting for his residence status…

Globally cinema has often used deeply emotional portrayals of the human spirit to explore the migrant experience, and in doing so create a platform for greater cultural understanding. Migrant stories are inherently cinematic in their ability to weave together international…

Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, a leading candidate to take over as the head of world soccer, has outlined his plans to clean up the ‘world game’ and use it as a focus for helping refugees. Writing in TIME…

Ancient Latin textbooks which helped Greek-speakers learn the language of their Roman conquerors are being used to inform the way second languages are taught today. The Latin texts lay out everyday scenarios to help their readers get to grips with…