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Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Countries around the world have failed to protect human rights in the year gone by. 2024 has also shown that global governments need to do more to uphold human rights principles, while many people have been willing to put their lives at risk to hold on to their rights. The inability to protect human rights […]
Theresa May’s resignation as British Prime Minister could see a reset of UK migration policy as business groups and commentators call for changes to the country’s divisive migration rules and an end to the failed bid to set limits on…
Two senior Catholic leaders offered apparently conflicting views on the migration crisis this week. A day after European Parliament elections and with migration a major issue, Pope Francis issued a message urging society to drop scepticism and prejudice towards newcomers,…
Refugees who are more willing to take risks, who tend to reciprocate friendliness, and who believe they are in control of their lives integrate into a new society faster, a new study has found. A study of refugees in Germany…
Ekhlas Franso, along with her two sisters escaped terror attacks on the streets of Baghdad, and survived seven years as refugees living in Syria with little money and no work. Now, as recently confirmed Australian citizens, they will be voting…
The last surviving astronaut from Apollo 11 – the first manned mission to the Moon – says mankind should look at migrating to Mars. Writing in a string of US newspapers, former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin says Mars should become…
Around 250,000 newly minted Australian citizens will vote in tomorrow’s federal election – the most at any election in history. And, according to Australian Electoral Commission and Department of Social Services data, among the new citizens voting will be more…
As migration policy is emerging as a key debate in the 2019 federal election new research shows that people living in the places most strained by population growth are the least likely to be demanding curbs on immigration. Australian National…
The West African nation of Burkina Faso has become the latest to become the scene of the now all-too-familiar term ‘humanitarian crisis’. Attacks by Islamist militants, military operations, and waves of inter-communal violence have left up to a hundred thousand…
It’s close to sundown and the birdsong reaches an end-of-day crescendo as a small group of people carrying hoes and rakes drift among the garden beds pushing and prodding as they tend the crops. The tranquillity is palpable as the…
Over a decade temporary migration has quietly crept up on us and is now having a profound effect on Australia’s economy and society. But until recently, it has attracted very little attention or debate. Now, in the lead up to…
A new guide has been launched to help employers who are interested in hiring refugees. Produced by the Migration Council of Australia’s Friendly Nation Initiative, the ‘Australian Employers’ Guide to Hiring refugees’ is a practical toolkit intended to help employers…
Most Europeans credit the European Union with promoting peace and prosperity since World War II but are less happy with the European Parliament, a new study has found. Despite Brexit, the turmoil associated with events such as the European debt…