A celebration of refugee resilience, community spirit and cuisine recently took place at the Melbourne Multicultural Hub. The ‘Taste the Difference’ community dinner celebrating Refugee Week 2025 saw about 80 people from more than 20 of Melbourne’s diverse communities come…

Hundreds of thousands of people are “slowly starving” in Kenyan refugee camps after US aid funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels, the United Nations has reported. One of the worst affected camps is the sprawling Kakuma…

Canada’s new immigration laws will make it “virtually impossible” for authorities to review refugee claims from most people entering Canada via the United States, according to Amnesty International. While the Canadian government says its proposed Strong Borders Act will improve…

The closing of borders in the US and elsewhere to refugees has sparked a fresh anti-refugee narrative, fuelled by misconceptions, misinformation and scare tactics. The demonising narrative often portrays refugees as threats to national security, drains on housing and other…

Human rights groups have condemned the Trump administration’s bans on people from 19 countries travelling to the US, saying the policy is racist. President Trump personally announced an extensive travel ban that will restrict travel to the US by nationals…

A new office for Multicultural Affairs is to be established within the federal department of Home Affairs in a move the Albanese government says will mean multiculturalism and diversity are more valued. The office will bring together existing functions in…

Newly arrived refugee and migrant communities see gaps and issues with Victoria’s multicultural arrangements. A focus group of 32 community leaders in 21 key cohort migrant and refugee groups in Victoria said that while they value Victoria’s commitment to multiculturalism,…

Through her deeply personal artworks in The Shadow That Follows Me, Chilean émigré Ms Paula Quintela offers a perspective which is unique yet highly relatable. The fortunate among the readers might recall sheltering in the folds of a mother’s skirt…

Ten years ago this month, people smugglers abandoned more than 8000 Rohingya refugees and migrants on rickety boats in the Andaman Sea. An estimated 370 of them died. The deaths brought global attention to a crisis spanning five countries and…

Lack of jobs, economic opportunities and essential services are the greatest challenges for Syrians returning to their homeland in the aftermath of the overthrow of the al Assad government, according to a new report. The report, from the International Organisation…

Human rights lawyers, immigration academics, civil rights activists and Democrat politicians have criticised President Trump for giving white Afrikaners from South Africa refugee status, while denying refuge to others. Trump swept into office on a promise to overhaul the US…

An Afghan refugee who was forced to flee the brutal Taliban regime is now carving out a new life and career for himself in Melbourne and dreams of starting his own tech business. Ahmad Milad Mansour, 23, and his family…