Migrants, refugees, indigenous Australians and the disabled are among minority groups facing extra challenges and barriers when it comes to finding work in Australia, according to a raft of new research. Australia’s unemployment rate currently sits at 5.6 per cent,…

Palestinian refugees in Jordan are facing a humanitarian “catastrophe” amid a budget crisis that could deprive them of core education, healthcare and food security services. Jordanian officials have warned that the financial shortfall could “deepen the humanitarian plight” of the…

Settling refugees and migrants in regional areas in Australia and across the world is gaining acceptance as part of a potential solution to the global displacement crisis which currently has seen 68 million people driven from their homes, a conference…

An inspirational and innovative project that is turning little used farm paddocks into productive market gardens while helping refugees on a pathway to economic independence is quietly making a big difference in a small Queensland town. The Mulberry Project has…

International students, graduates and people on bridging visas are fueling a rise in temporary migration to Australia. Figures released last week suggest the number of temporary visa holders in Australia in June increased by 107,000 in the past year, a rise…

Informal educational models to better engage refugee youth, youth advisory groups to inform policy and a visual web resource to share higher education pathways for refugees are among the recommendations of a new research project aimed at connecting young refugees…

The latest initiative to tackle problem gambling in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities was announced this month by the Victorian state government Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation Marlene Kairouz launched the first of a suite of…

More than 190 countries have finally agreed on an historic global compact to promote safe and orderly migration and reduce human smuggling and trafficking – but the US and Hungary were not among them. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, General Assembly…

Climate change is expected to displace millions of people through impacts including sea level rise, crop failures, and more frequent extreme weather. Scientists still cannot predict where these expected climate-induced migrants are likely to go in the coming decades but…

The United States’ refugee resettlement program has fallen to its lowest point in more than 30 years, according to new research from the Washington-based Pew Research Center. And the number of refugees resettled in the US decreased more than in…

European Union leaders say they have secured a new deal on the migration crisis that has beset the continent since 2016. There is pre-ambulatory text but not really any clear agreement on what European nations will do collectively to cope with…

An Afghan refugee brought up in a society that denied education to women has won a prestigious scholarship to Oxford University. Sitarah Mohammadi was eight years old when she first learnt to read and write. As a child, she was…