Changes in traditional media and growing use of social media are offering new avenues for ‘migrant-led’ media and journalism as well as a unique opportunity for migrants to highlight their concerns and contributions in their own words, according to a…

Australia has more than million people looking for a full time job, according to the latest labour market snapshot from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest data reveals that of the 18.3 million people aged 18 years and…

New Zealand could become the first country in the world to recognise climate change as a valid reason for people to be granted a refugee visa, according to the nation’s climate change minister. New Zealand’s newly elected government is considering…

Strong and stable support for multiculturalism and positive attitudes toward immigration have been maintained in Australia over a decade, according to a new study. The 2017 Mapping Social Cohesion report, produced the Scanlon Foundation and Monash University, shows overwhelming support…

Horrific images have emerged of migrants being sold at slave markets in Libya. The practice has been reported on before but the images, published this week by CNN, are the first concrete proof of the trade in humans. On the…

A third of backpackers and a quarter of international students in Australia are being routinely ripped off by employers who are paying them $12 an hour or less, according to a new study. The study says this rate of pay…

The majestic Mountain Ash forests of the Dandenong Ranges are a long way from the mangrove swamps of Manus Island and the coral outcrops of Nauru. But scattered among the tree ferns and messmate stands around the townships of Monbulk…

A new initiative to reduce the harm problem gambling can cause in culturally and linguistically diverse communities has been announced by the Victorian Government. Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community organisations are being encouraged to to apply for funding from…

In the arguments around the globe about immigration levels and threats to economic prosperity, a new phrase has emerged: ‘demographic security’. Basically, this means that developed nations in the West need young, tax-paying workers to help pay for the pensions…

New research has found that Australians born overseas are more reliant on social media for local and international news than people born here. The research identified a “disconnect” between audience appetite for news, the sources they turn to and their…

Refugees need more time to establish themselves in the workforce because of the circumstances they have come form, a raft of new research shows. And, given time, most are able to get off welfare, the research shows. But new data…

A stunning and thought provoking series of still pictures has emerged from a UNICEF initiative to raise money for its Children of Syria Emergency Appeal. UNICEF asked eight photographers to capture the essence of human migration. The result is a…