Racial discrimination is alive and well in Australia forty years after it was officially banned under law, according to Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane. In a new report released to mark the 40th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination…

Dramatic differences between how people use a newly learned language can determine how well they are understood, new research has found. University of Bristol (UK) researcher Talia Isaacs led a study which found that the language-related factors that underlie what…

Scientists have long speculated that regularly speaking two or more languages has tangible benefits in cognitive ability and even serves as a protection against dementia. But now new research shows bilinguals view the world in different ways depending on the…

World refugee body UNHCR faces a critical change of leadership at a time when it is confronting the largest global humanitarian crisis since the end of WWII. António Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister who has served as the UN…

As civil war engulfed his homeland in 2012 Syrian refugee Kifarkis Nissan’s call up for army service left him with an appalling choice; join the military and risk his family being killed by rebel militias – or refuse to serve…

Australia’s leading migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES has changing its name to AMES Australia in a move to reflect its expansion in offering settlement services across Australia and beyond. After extensive consultation with staff, stakeholders and clients, AMES has…

As global migration increases almost exponentially, many people seeking refuge from war or persecution or searching for a better life face unimaginable and often fatal perils along their journeys. Some are ready to spend their life savings or take on…

Iranian asylum seeker Mohamad Khalil Ghobeishavi needs to work. Being active keeps his mind off his troubled and traumatic past; and he is a man who finds it difficult to do nothing. As a member of the Arab ethnic minority…

Last month, the UNHCR released its Global Trends Report for 2014 outlining the organisation’s activities, achievements and challenges for 2014. One of the most troubling developments identified in the report was the worsening situation in regard to children and women…

Recent migrants are amongst the happiest people in Australia, according to a new study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The General Social Survey 2014, released last week, found Australians rated their overall life satisfaction as 7.6 out of…

Television presenter and journalist Helen Kapalos​ has been appointed Victoria’s new multicultural commissioner. The Greek-Australian was revealed as the state’s new head of cultural diversity in Melbourne on Tuesday evening at an Iftar dinner, celebrating the end of the Muslim fast…

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and calling on world leaders to invest in “books not bullets”. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-12/nobel-winner-malala-yousafzai-opens-school-for-syrian-refugees/6614170?WT.mc_id=newsmail