Helping people connect with each other while assisting them to learn are the inter-related twin passions of English language teacher Stephen Hall. The 47-year-old teaches English to newly arrived migrants and refuges in Melbourne. He is a member of the…

More than 130 participants – most of them AMES students – took part in a gala lawn bowls day this week under the aegis of the CALDplay community sports program run by the Western Bulldogs Football Club. The event was…

A not-for-profit Brisbane restaurant that helps female African refugees hopes volunteers and diversification will help keep the business running. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/refugees-volunteer-to-keep-african-restaurant-open-in-brisbane/6306496

The proportion of Australians who were born overseas has hit its highest point in 120 years with 28 per cent of Australia’s population – or 6.6 million people – born beyond our shores, according to new figures released by the…

Some cultures place a high value on education and learning; add the impetus migration gives and it’s clear Australia’s educational landscape is changing. Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/it-pro/australias-great-divide-who-values-education-20150208-1369ga.html

Refugee and migrant children entering Australian schools need holistic support to put them at ease and help them adjust to a new environment, according to a group of researchers working in the field. Researchers Clemence Due, Martha Augoustinos and Damien…

Park rangers are the modern day guardians of Australia’s natural heritage. They maintain the land and help the public experience Australia’s unique animal and plant life. Now one refugee is planting some seeds of change for himself and his people.…

Warren Kirk says he lives life “looking in the rear view mirror”. The accomplished photographer has spent seven years capturing the changes being wrought to Melbourne’s western suburbs by the forces of gentrification, immigration and then property boom. His photographs…

More than 30 babies born to asylum seeker mothers in Australia will be able to stay in the mainland with their families and not be processed on Nauru under a secret deal struck by crossbencher Ricky Muir. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison announced the decision…

(Warning: this story includes graphic and confronting material) Rafik Heshmeh, 27, a refugee from Syria, has been in Australia for six months but the horrors of the strife and destruction he fled still haunt him. A student, who lived in…

When his boss fired up the barbecue at the site of a massive engineering project in outback Queensland and cooked lunch for everyone, Iranian professional migrant Ali suffered what he calls ‘culture shock’. “I couldn’t believe it,” said the 39-year-old…

Commonly held misconceptions about refugees are the target of important new research from Oxford University which explodes many damaging myths about those forced to flee their homelands. Associate Professor Alexander Betts’ work dispels popular assumptions about refugees’ dependence and economic…