The long running debate over immigration and the large number of illegal migrants living in the US is now being called “a crisis”. A massive influx of would-be immigrants crossing the US south-western border – many having travelled through Mexico…

Federal government documents filed in the High Court today have shed some light on the conditions for 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers being detained on an Australian border protection ship somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/high-court-gets-new-info-on-detained-asylum-seekers/5615848

Dozens of AMES students will take centre stage at Etihad Stadium on Sunday as part of the AFL’s Multicultural Round. The students are playing in special 9-a-side games, designed to introduce new arrivals to Australia to footy. The games will…

Oppositon Foreign Affairs spokeswoman, Tanya Plibersek, discusses the repatriation Sri Lankan asylum seekers and what should be done with the 153 who are being held on an Australian Customs boat. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4042918.htm

With the destination and fate of 153 asylum seekers on an Australian Customs boat unknown and asylum seekers on Christmas Island attempting suicide to get their children resettled, the Government is facing the most serious challenge to its asylum policy.…

Climate change has begun having an impact on migration; forcing people to leave their homes and jobs, according to news reports from Africa and the Pacific. A report last month in ‘The Zimbabwean’ newspaper headlined “Climate change migration on the…

THE ROTARY Club of Laurieton will host the Hope Road walkers on Monday July14. Zacharia Mawat Machiek is walking 900 kilometres from Tweed Heads to Sydney to raise the money to build a primary school in his home village in…

Hieu Van Le came to Australia 36 years ago as a refugee. Now he is about to become the first Asian migrant to rise to the position of governor of South Australia. Mr Le’s arrival in Australia was a far…

The number of people living as refugees from war or persecution has exceeded 50 million for the first time since WWII, according to the United Nations. The overall figure of 51.2 million for 2013 is six million higher than the…

Eight of fifteen AMES Pathways to Employment course students sent out on work placements recently were offered jobs by their hosts. The result underpins the success of the courses and the value of having professional volunteers mentor students looking for…

A man wanted in China for the kidnap and murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy has been granted another chance to seek refugee protection in Australia. The High Court has allowed his appeal against earlier decisions to reject his claim for…

A PERSON with a 49 per cent chance of being tortured could still be sent home under sweeping changes to the way asylum-seekers are processed in Australia. The change to the risk threshold for people seeking protection under international conventions…