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Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Australia’s population has just crashed through the 27 million mark, and migration is a major reason why it is accelerating, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals. The data shows the jump from 26 to 27 million occurred in March, this year, and took just one-and-three-quarter years, ‘far quicker than the average’. […]
As the deaths among migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea begin to rise again with the approach of the northern summer, questions are being asked about whether NGOs bear some responsibility for the toll. Last year was an extraordinarily deadly 12…
The European Union’s plan to redistribute migrants from Italy and Greece has hit a road block as reports show that as few as ten per cent of the target number have been accepted by other countries. And the problems exist…
A new YouTube documentary produced by SBS traces one of the most little known but extraordinary stories of migrant settlement in Australia. The documentary tells the story of the Sikhs of Woolgoolga, a small NSW town 550 kilometres north of…
Two new scholarships for young people from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds newly arrived in Australia to support them accessing tertiary education are now open. The Graham Sherry OAM Scholarships are available annually to a young female and male from…
The United Kingdom’s next government should “do the right thing” for refugees by increasing resettlement quotas, reuniting more refugees with family in the UK and cutting the number of detained asylum seekers, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)…
The world´s cities need to be better prepared to cope with a spike in mass inflows of people displaced by conflict and the effects of climate change, according to a new report. A paper by the global network of cities…
Elmo and Big Bird might soon be bringing smiles and education to millions of refugee children forced from their homes because of conflicts across the globe. In partnership with the International Rescue Committee, Sesame producers and early-childhood experts are currently…
A Tamil asylum seeker living in Melbourne’s west is making a name for himself in local cricket after winning several achievement awards and becoming an ambassador for the sport. Thulfacker Kachchu Mohammed fled religious persecution in Sri Lanka five years…
Australian audiences saw a side to Syria that was vastly different from the the despair and catastrophe of war at the inaugural Shaam Syrian Film Festival during May. The three narrative films were shot in Syria during the on-going conflict…
To mark President Trump’s first 100 days in office, a leading migration think tank has issued a fact sheet that analyses the effect of major immigration actions taken by his administration. The Washington-based Migration Policy Institute has looked at the…
Thousands of refugees face homelessness and destitution in the UK because of the country’s ‘two-tier’ system of resettling refugees and asylum seekers, according to a new UK parliamentary report. The report criticised the system which gives just 28 days’ government…
More than 200 young migrants and refugees from AMES Australia’s youth program displayed skill, speed, teamwork and determination at the inaugural Netball Youth Cup.