AMES staff vote for the first time Two AMES Australia staff member have voted for the first time in the recent federal election. AMES Australia Program Support Officer Ekhlas Franso and Client Support Worker Muhammad Raza were both excited at…

The Trump administration has outlined plans for a new US immigration system that will prioritise younger, better educated, English-speaking skilled workers. In a recent speech at the White House, President Trump proposed moving away from the current system that favours…

Mobile technology has emerged as a key tool for refugees fleeing conflict, persecution or poverty, researchers say. Mobile phones, especially, are vital for helping people not only to keep in touch with family and friends but to guide refugees on…

Less than a week after the murderous attack on a mosque in Christchurch, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a plan to fundamentally change Australia’s immigration arrangements. Although not linked, the two events are emblematic of what is shaping as a…

Afghan refugee Mirwais Janbaz has voted only once in his life and he says Australians should not take for granted the privilege of living in a working democracy. Mirwais, who lived in exile in Pakistan for most of his life,…

Australian voters are evenly split on the question of how many migrants Australia should accept — about a third say more, another third say fewer and yet another third say the intake is about right at the moment, according to…

A strong ethnic media sector is vital in supporting the successful settlement of migrants and refuges in Australia, according to a leading media academic. Dr John Budarick, who teaches media studies at Adelaide University, says his research shows that ethnic…

The uncertainty over Brexit is playing havoc with NGOs in the United Kingdom that employ European staff that have links with other European agencies. British NGOs received another blow to their hopes of securing European Union funding post-Brexit recently, after…

Stories of refugee displacement have once again featured among the winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism. Images of Yemen’s devastating civil war and of migrants trying to enter the US were among the major winners of the 2019…

The Washington-based Pew Research Center has identified some critical trends in global public opinion that could have significant impacts on global diplomacy, migration and the potential for conflict over the coming decade. Pew researchers have surveyed more than half a…

Australians today are older, more likely to live in cities, have fewer children and more likely to have been born overseas in countries outside of the British Isles than compared with a hundred years ago, according to a new Australian…

Just weeks out from an election the coalition is expected to lose, the 2018-19 Federal Budget is like a prediction of alien visitation – it will probably never happen. The Morrison government has laid out tax cuts worth $158 billion…