One million children who are refugees from the conflict in South Sudan are now sheltering in Uganda, according to the United Nations. This staggering statistic is a grim milestone in what has become the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis sparked by…

Last year’s high-level summit in New York established principles of international cooperation and responsibility-sharing among states to address the global refugee crisis. The “Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework”, outlined in an annex to the New York Declaration, is to form the…

Australia looks set to fill one of two vacancies on the United Nations Human Rights Council following France’s withdrawal from the process, according to recent reports. The appointment would be the first time Australia’s has joined the body and would…

More than a billion people were added to the world’s population over the past 12 years, bringing the total population to 7.6 billion as of mid-2017, according to a new UN report. The world population is currently growing by 1.10…

Syrian sisters Karla and Greta Medawar who were recently resettled in Melbourne take us on a video tour of their favourite parts of the city.

A ground-breaking course for leaders from CALD communities in the Prevention of Violence Against Women (PVAW) was recently launched in Melbourne. The course, facilitated by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, has brought together 42 leaders from different language…

Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce refugee resettlements, the US has this week raised its intake of displaced people. The US State Department this week quietly lifted the department’s restriction on the number of refugees allowed to enter the…

Take a look at all the action from the 2017 Game On! AMES Cup held at Whitten Oval.  

They don’t get the publicity afforded refugees perhaps because they are not forced to flee their home countries and seek refuge abroad, but internally displaced people (IDPs) outnumber international refugees almost two to one. Conflict, violence and natural disasters forced…

A recent meeting of some of the world’s leading demographers has identified some major demographic trends that are transforming the world. The Population Association of America’s conference in Chicago analysed trends ranging from global refugee and migrant flows to changes…

The number of refugees arriving in the US crashed to a six year low in March when just 2,070 entered the country following the executive order signed by President Trump to reduce the refugee intake from 110,000 to 50,000 this…

Two new scholarships for young people from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds will help to support people newly arrived in Australia in accessing tertiary education. The Graham Sherry OAM Scholarships will be available annually to a young female and male…