Melbourne University is hosting a program of lectures for asylum seekers to help them settle in and become more knowledgeable about their new home. The free lectures cover important modern and historical issues in Australia that include language, community development,…

A new map has revealed the scale of the Syrian refugee crisis while pointing out the major land and sea routes and sources of refugees. The map, produced by the news website Vox World, shows that the largest population of…

Associate Professor Munjed Al Muderis’ life changed the day he was ordered by soldiers to surgically remove the ears of Iraqi defectors in Baghdad after his chief surgeon was shot for refusing. Fleeing to Australia as a refugee, Munjed spent…

New research has found children and young people exploited by traffickers in Southeast Asia face lasting effects on their mental health even if they escape or are rescued. A team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)…

The Karen refugee community at Werribee featured in a new health promotion video that examines the value of food as a tool for enriching health, culture and social contracts. Produced by not-for-profit health foundation NCD Free and No Frontiers Media,…

The number of migrants and asylum seekers who have arrived in Europe by sea so far in 2015 is now approaching a quarter of a million, according to an analysis by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). With rescues at…

The familiar and now formulaic debate around the migration crisis in Europe has changed perceptibly in the past few days and it has been the stories of two little boys that have shifted the conversation. Pictures of a tiny child…

As the global migration crisis escalates to levels not seen since World War II with more than 60 million people displaced across the planet, the terms ‘migrant’, ‘refugee’ and ‘asylum seeker’ are in everyday use. In the lexicon of the…

Refugees have among the highest rate of business ownership among new arrivals to Australia, according to new data released the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). For the first time, anecdotal evidence and stories about the entrepreneurial refugees has been confirmed…

Migration plays a critical role in Australia’s present and future economic wellbeing and will boost Australia’s GDP per capita by 5.9 per cent by 2050. The settlement of migrants and refugees can have economic and social benefits for Australia as…

Traditional food is disappearing from around the globe – from the steady decline of street hawkers in Singapore to the dilution of Melbourne’s famous culinary melting pot. A plethora of factors, including homogenization and industrialisation, have created the decline of…

It’s a common phrase uttered by politicians and activists alike that ‘asylum seekers are being exploited by ruthless and unprincipled people smugglers’. But new evidence indicates the exploitation of some of the world’s most marginalised and vulnerable people goes much…