A new federal government report aimed at helping reshape employment services in Australia has recognised the need for tailored and intensive job services for disadvantaged jobseekers, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds. The ‘Future of Employment Services Report’, commissioned by…

It’s an irony that at a time when the Trump administration is trying to wind down the flow of migrants to the US, a raft of new research from America shows they are actually good for business. Not only do…

Migrant and refugee children have missed 1.5 billion days of school over the past two years as progress slows on including migrant and refugee youth in the national education systems of host countries, according to a new UNESCO report. UNESCO’s…

A new swathe of data from the 2016 Census has produced an updated snapshot of Australia’s changing cultural diversity. The data, released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), shows Australia growing ever more diverse, while also showing…

Migrant and refugee deaths and disappearances since 2014 total nearly 58,000 or almost double the official count, according to a new investigation by the Associated Press. The UN’s migration agency IOM had reported the number of dead and missing migrants…

Two stunning new photo exhibitions on opposite sides of the Atlantic are changing attitudes towards refugees and migrants. Many of the images we see of refugees, migrants and immigrants portray them as burdens on society or victims of oppression. But…

A new UK study has found that denying asylum seekers work rights and making them reliant on hand-outs is costing Britain millions of pounds each year. Instead, asylum seekers and their families, many of whom live in near destitution, having…

Australia’s Turkish community is celebrating 50 years since the first group of Turkish migrants landed in Australia. The arrival of the group of migrants from mainland Turkey in in Sydney in 1968 followed an agreement signed between the two countries…

An estimated 258 million people currently live in a country other than that of their birth, a figure that is up from 173 million in 2000, and 102 million in 1980, according to the latest world snapshot of migration data.…

Cities may well hold the key to safe, orderly migration as national governments increasingly succumb to populist politics and fear-mongering about immigration, according to a new report from the UN’s migration agency. The IOM’s World Migration Report 2018 says that…

Dandenong mayor praises AMES’ contribution to multiculturalism Dandenong’s mayor Councillor Youhorn Chea has praised AMES Australia for its role in supporting the settlement of hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees in Victoria and for promoting the state’s vibrant brand…

A picture of Victoria’s vibrant cultural diversity has emerged from an analysis of census data released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data shows Victoria is home to one of the most culturally diverse societies in the world…