As the wrangling continues over events on Manus Island, and Australia’s policy on asylum seekers, former Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, has taken a swipe at the conduct of politicians on both sides of parliament. Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/former-pm-malcolm-fraser-calls-for-increased-refugee-intake/1271928

The documentary film ‘Mary Meets Mohammad’ was shown at the National Theatre on Friday night with a strong turnout of around 75 people in attendance. Presented by Braidwood’s Rural Australians for Refugees, the film is touring Australia with Amnesty International.…

A United Nations assessment has found Australia guilty of almost 150 violations of international law for indefinitely detaining refugees, with some labelling it ‘Australia’s Guantanamo Bay’. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2014/s3952255.htm

Migrants make substantial economic contributions to the societies they settle in, according to new research from Britain. The study, by University College London researchers, said recent immigrants were less likely to claim benefits and live in social housing than people…

As part of a government to government discussion on human rights Beijing has criticised Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and questioned whether Australia may be illegally repatriating refugees to third countries. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3949132.htm

Hear the AMES Voices Without Borders refugee and asylum seeker choir featured on Richard Stubbs ABC Radio show, 774 ABC Melbourne. [jwplayer mediaid=”927″]  

The Privacy Commissioner and the Immigration Department have launched investigations into how details of thousands of asylum seekers in Australia were inadvertently made accessible online. The breach could potentially see thousands of asylum seekers in Australia who were previously ineligible…

Australia’s Department of Immigration has confirmed there has been a disturbance at the Government’s asylum seeker processing centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/reports-of-a-mass-breakout-at-australias-png-detention-centre/1265782

AMES Skilled Professional Migrant Program has secured its first interstate student. Accountant Jagadish Saripalli travels to Melbourne from Adelaide every Sunday night to attend SPMP classes at Flagstaff between Monday and Thursday. He then flies home every Thursday night to…

Australia’s most respected human rights lawyers have launched a constitutional challenge in Nauru to have 10 detained asylum seekers released from its detention centre, claiming it is unlawful, inhumane and degrading. In documents obtained by Fairfax Media, four prominent lawyers…

A FORMER Bhutanese refugee who has spent more than a decade helping Melbourne’s newly arrived residents has been recognised as Victoria’s New Citizen of the Year. Read more: http://leader.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?&article=574b8384-407f-4671-a341-b009db30d532&viewmode=2&page=15

With a ball that bounces more oddly than anything he could have imagined as a young Sudanese refugee in Kenya, football – and life in Australia – is helping Peter Ajang and his family smother their tragic past. Mr Ajang…