A leading business group has joined forces with the ACTU in an unprecedented push for a continued strong migration program in Australia. The Australian Industry Group (AiGroup) together with the ACTU and ethnic peak body groups have released a policy…

The resignation of Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd draws an informative and salutary line under the UK’s so-called Windrush scandal. Ms Rudd quit amid a growing chorus of criticism over her handling of a damaging immigration crisis involving migrants from…

Yusra Mardini, the Syrian swimming champion who famously helped to save fellow refugees on a sinking raft in the Aegean Sea, has released a book that tells her traumatic story and also sheds light on the horror of the global…

The United States has accepted just 11 Syrian refugees so far this year and just 44 since October 1, according to new statistics released by the US State Department. The figures were released just hours after President Donald Trump ordered…

The number of people seeking asylum in the European Union almost halved in 2017, the latest data reveals, pointing to the first signs that the global refugee crisis may be easing. At the height of the crisis, more than 1.2…

A new study has been launched to investigate the language gap between native in English speakers and migrants whose first language is not English. Macquarie University’s Professor Ingrid Piller is investigating just how native English speakers in Australia communicate with…

The City of Greater Dandenong, in Melbourne’s southeast, is now officially Australia’s most culturally diverse community. The latest Census figures show the level of diversity in Greater Dandenong is the highest in the country. The area has seen waves of…

Last week saw aspiring models from indigenous communities in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada participate in the Global Indigenous Runway 2018 at Melbourne Museum, part of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival. The group of over 50 models spent a…

Adelaide-based refugee support worker Rupananda Roy has made history by becoming the first woman from one of Bangladesh’s 50 ethnic minority communities to earn a doctorate. She recently gained her PhD in Development Studies from the University of Adelaide. Ms…

Australia can make a legitimate claim to being the most successful multicultural society in the world. At 26-per-cent we have the highest proportion of people born overseas than any other high-immigration nation. And that included New Zealand (23 per cent),…

An initiative to tackle problem gambling in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities was announced with week by the Victorian state government. The Acting Minister for Gaming and Liquor Regulation Martin Pakula revealed $200,000 in funding for a dozen community…

More refugee voices need to be a part of policy discussions on refugee issues, a conference of Australian and international refugees, refugee advocates and analysts in the field has heard. The need for governments, NGOs and other stakeholders to make…