A 106-year-old refugee – said to be the world’s eldest – is set to be sent back to Afghanistan by Sweden’s immigration authorities, According to media reports, centenarian Bibihal Uzbeki made her way through Europe in 2015, mostly on foot,…

Melbourne is set to get its first Sepak Takraw or ‘Cane Ball’ tournament with the completion of Victoria’s first purpose built court constructed by Hobson’s bay Council at Bruce Comben Reserve. Also known as Chinlone in its origin country Myanmar,…

More than 850 people from around the world gathered in Melbourne this month to celebrate friendship and football. The 2017 International Australian Football League (AFL) Cup saw 26 men’s and women’s teams – speaking more than 20 languages – compete…

Australia’s multiculturalism should be enshrined in law, taught in schools and protected by a new national commission, according to a new parliamentary report. The Senate Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism released a report last week which also calls for plans…

Pakistan has announced a new tax on not-for-profit organisations that humanitarian groups say will force agencies to cut back on services to some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Pakistan imposed the tax in June on not-for-profit agencies that spend…

US President Donald Trump has announced laws intended to slash legal immigration to the United States by reducing the amount of low-skilled immigrants who are allotted green cards. And his supporters have cited Australia as a model in revamping migration…

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is becoming mired in confusion and uncertainty as the long term consequences of the move slowly emerge. The most hotly contested aspect of the so called ‘Brexit’ is what immigration arrangements will exist…

Migrants are healthier than the average Aussie and they also make up a significant proportion of the healthcare workforce, according to data from the latest census. Developed economies, including Australia, have increasingly been using international migration to compensate for economically…

Global migration in raw numbers is booming with the highest numbers of people ever moving from their home countries to others, according a new mapping exercise on global human movement. But despite the narratives being peddled by a rising of…

Migration is having a dramatic and positive impact on Australia’s workforce, according to a new study. In the last half decade, 80 per cent of new staff hired have been new migrants and without them worker numbers in Australia would…

Su Sullivan says her work supporting isolated and disadvantaged migrant women makes her feel like a big tree. “Sometimes I feel like I’m a tree. A big tree with its branches stretched out like welcoming arms and a big canopy…

Leading Australian Muslims have united to condemn extremist-related violence following terror attacks in Britain and Melbourne. The Grand Mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, called for religions to unite against terror as he hosted the largest ever Australian Iftar dinner…