Community advocate and business leader Vivienne Nguyen has been appointed as Chair of the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC). Ms Nguyen has more than 25-years’ experience in corporate, community and public sector roles, as well as a strong background in promoting…

A new Centre for Population has been created within the federal Department of Treasury to help all levels of government better understand population changes across Australia. Established on July 1 with a budget of $23.4 million, the centre has been…

Guatemala’s new hard-line conservative President Alejandro Giammattei faces a thorny dilemma in his dealings with the US as he takes up the reins of office. His predecessor, former television comic Jimmy Morales signed an unpopular migration deal under duress with…

By Barat Ali Batoor On April 5, 2012, when the Washington Post published my photo essay on the exploitation and sexual abuse of children in Afghanistan on its front page, I was extremely happy about it. I really felt that…

Almost half of the world’s one billion migrants are women – yet government policies almost uniformly favour a male-dominant approach to migration, according to a new United Nations report. The report says most governments’ policies ignore the stark risks and…

A new art exhibition is giving audiences a rare perspective on the refugee experience by presenting intensely personal digital art pieces that give glimpses into the lives of a group of young refugees. The Heartlands 2019 arts project brings together…

The 2019 Lowy Institute Poll has revealed shifting public perceptions around immigration in Australia, with attitudes towards migration seemingly continuing to harden. As Australia experiences its most divisive public dialogue around immigration in decades, the survey does show that fewer…

Australia has succeeded in shrinking the median age of its migrant population to 44, according to the latest round of migration statistics released in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census for 2019.   Particularly stark is the difference between…

Education systems need to innovate and concepts of learning need to be turned on their head if they are to equip children for a rapidly transforming world, according to one of the world’s leading educationalists. Speaking at the recent EduTECH…

The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict has soared above 70 million, the highest level ever recorded, according to the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR. Data from UNHCR’s annual ‘Global Trends’ report shows that almost 70.8 million people are…

The English Channel is the latest scene of seaborne migrants trying to cross stretches of water to find security and a new life. The UK’s border police have been responding to a number of incidents of boats carrying migrants across…