After months of cozying up to the authoritarian government of Hun Sen, Australia has finally managed to convince Cambodia to accept its refugees from Nauru and Manus Island. Never mind that Cambodia has neither the resources – nor the human…

Newly arrived migrants and refugees are being left stuck at the bottom of the home ownership ladder as Australia’s property market boom continues unabated. Recent data shows property price rises outstripping wage increases, housing costs rises across all types of…

Australia is witnessing a small asylum seeker baby boom as couples who have fled danger or persecution in their homelands feel safe enough to start or extend their families. Settlement agency AMES has reported more than 150 babies born to…

A quarter of the refugees settled in Australia over the past decade have come to live in NSW. While the Commonwealth notoriously ‘‘decides who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come’’, once they get here, settling…

Rehearsals are well underway for a performance which brings seven different ethnic communities from all over Gippsland together. Multicoloured Journeys will tell the story of how people of varying cultures make their way to Gippsland and settle in. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2014/05/06/3998937.htm

Opposition Immigration spokesman Richard Marles says the Government needs to explain to Australia what it is doing about border security and asylum seekers. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-07/government-has-dropped-the-ball-on-asylum-seekers/5435464

Among the dozens of defence veterans who marched on Anzac Day in Werribee this week was one distinctive face. Bordy Weeku is a 94-year-old Karen refugee who fought with the British Army against the Japanese in Burma during WWII. He…

Aged care services should be adapted to suit the needs of new and emerging ethnic communities, according to a peak multicultural lobby group. The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) appealed to Victorian and federal budget decision-makers to commit to…

The United Nations Refugee Agency’s regional representative James Lynch says the Australian government has not responded to UN concerns about the Abbott government’s “turn back the boats” policy…. Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2014-04-24/unhcr-questions-australias-asylum-seeker-policy/1300330

CREDITING the Abbott government’s border regime for a drop in the number of asylum seekers registering in Indonesia is premature, says the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which argues Australia can’t work in isolation if it wants a long-term solution.…

Last week, the Babaie family were illegal immigrants who were afraid they would have to leave Australia. Now the asylum seekers have been told that they might be granted a further bridging visa. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/04/15/3986256.htm?site=newengland

A woman who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Syrian conflict and was forced to flee her home in the war-torn nation has been reunited with her sons in Melbourne under the new Community Proposal Pilot program. Amina Srio, a…