A fresh refugee crisis has erupted in strife-riven Ethiopia after thousands of Eritreans were forced to flee a camp when fighting flared between Ethiopian government troops and separatists in the Afar region. The UN refugee agency UNHCR says that unidentified…

Essex Diocena is used the navigating troubled waters. The Filipino migrant went from being the captain of a merchant ship sailing the Pacific to a key position in aged care helping his clients stay safe through successive waves of COVID-19.…

A fascinating new collection of photos gives insights into the lives of Greek migrants to Australia between 1900 and 1950.  The collection, compiled by La Trobe University, contains photographs depicting Greek migrants in Australia during the first half of the…

Two new studies have revealed aspects of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CALD communities. A report by the Scanlon Institute found that a key factor in the negative effect of the pandemic were unequal starting points, with some…

The first charter plane carrying privately sponsored Afghan refugees has arrived in Canada. The group of about 250 people will start their new lives in Canada, be welcomed into their sponsor communities and go into quarantine with the help of…

Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook over the tech giant’s alleged failure to stop hate speech on its platform leading to violence being committed against the Myanmar minority group. The community has filed a $US150 billion ($A212 billion) lawsuit against Facebook…

International students and skilled migrants will be welcomed back into Australia from tomorrow – after a two week pause over fears of the Omicron variant. The international border will reopen to fully vaccinated students and eligible visa holders. International enrolments…

Taliban forces in Afghanistan have murdered or forcibly disappeared more than a thousand former police and intelligence officers in just four provinces, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. The report, from the New York-based NGO says the…

Conflict and insecurity, drought, COVID-19 and an economy in freefall are driving increased levels of poverty and pushing Afghanistan to the brink of collapse, according to the United Nations. The Director General of the UN’s International Organisation for Migration Antonio…

The conflict and disintegration of democracy and equality in Afghanistan over recent months is due, at least in part, to ethnic and religious rivalries that go back centuries. Competing interests among the twenty-or-so ethnic groups in Afghanistan as well as…

Migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia has received funding from the Victorian Government to create a new sustainable community garden at its Noble Park site. The proposal will see a multi-stage development of open spaces at Noble Park. To…

More than 200 million people are likely to migrate over the next three decades because of extreme weather events or the slow degradation of their environments, according to a new World Bank report.  Most will be displaced within their home…