A Melbourne poet has penned a visceral and haunting work evoking the human tragedy of the destruction of the ancient and once beautiful city of Aleppo, in Syria. Sanam Sharma had his first book of poems, titled Tamed words, published in…

Conventional history tells us that Europeans went from hunter-gatherers to farmers because of an influx of migrants from the Middle East. Life in Europe was revolutionized during the late Stone Age when technologies such as ceramics, the farming of grains,…

The arrival of more than a million refugees in Germany in 2015 has had no impact on the country’s unemployment rate, according to a new report. And the impact of the influx of refugees on crime rates has been “marginal”,…

Businessman Stuart Crosby has been appointed as the new chairperson of migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia. Mr Crosby has had a distinguished corporate career culminating as President and CEO of Computershare, an S&P/ASX 50 company with over $2…

Many of the world’s biggest companies are constantly under fire in the media over issues like tax evasion, obscene profits and over-generous executive remuneration. But some have made headlines recently for their efforts to help refugees. Google is a case…

Australia’s reputation has been damaged by human rights issues including its ‘draconian’ asylum seeker policy, overly broad counter-terrorism laws and failure to protect children in detention, according to a new global report released by Human Rights Watch. “Refugees and asylum…

The federal government has been urged to allocate more visas for family reunification and speed up processing times for visa applications in a new report that highlights the distress separation causes to refugee families. The report by the Refugee Council…

Pundits and prognosticators across the globe are now talking about the notion that we’re living in a “post truth” world; a time in which objective facts are less important than emotive narratives and fake news when it comes to shaping…

Racial and religious discrimination has spiked in Australia over the past year with Muslims, Africans and people from non-English speaking backgrounds the major targets, according to new research. The Mapping Social Cohesion survey conducted by the Scanlon Foundation and Monash…

A new snapshot of global youth and their social and economic circumstances has painted a picture of slow improvement and large gaps between wealthy and poor nations. The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Global Youth Index and Report says the all-round development of young…

The number of people displaced by conflict is at more than 65 million, the highest level ever recorded. The UN has estimated that 65.3 million people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an…

Australia’s multicultural society is proving a big drawcard for international students seeking an education overseas, according to a new survey. International education and multiculturalism are feeding off each other cementing the sector as Australia’s largest service export industry. The survey,…