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News and voices from the refugee and migrant experience
Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Data around the global flow of refugees and displaced people, which currently amounts to around 120 million people, may be flawed, a new study suggests. The research, led by social and political scientists at the University of California, suggests “empirical studies of refugee flows have been limited by a lack of reliable data”. Researchers have […]
The Victorian government has announced grants funding designed to support Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) communities and organisations in becoming more inclusive of people from non-English speaking backgrounds. The Government hopes that the grants will help to reduce…
The Australian workplace will undergo a revolution in the next twenty years with automation and new digital technology changing the way people work and the jobs that will be available, according to a new report. Australia’s science agency the CSIRO,…
The Australian population was expected to tick over to 24 million at 12.51am on Tuesday, with more than half of that growth driven by new migrants. The milestone saw Australia match the Chinese city of Shanghai, which houses a similar…
Research into the human genome is yielding new information about how humanity spread across the globe. And the new data is completely changing our understanding of the way mankind settled the planet through mapping waves of migration. Scientists across the…
Migrants born overseas are more likely to be affected by long-term health issues than people born in Australia, according to new health data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Settlers from the United Kingdom and Southern and Eastern Europe…
Rising numbers of European and other countries are using their foreign aid budgets to meet the costs of addressing the global refugee crisis, according to a new report. The research published this week by Concord, the peak body for European…
Migrant and refugee issues are plastered across Australian headlines every day, but compared to their prominence in our society they are rarely depicted in creative mediums. Feature films, novels and fine art have the ability to make an issue feel…
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party has won a landslide victory in Myanmar’s first effectively free elections since 1990 and this, ostensibly at least, looks like a win for the good guys. When power is transferred next…
Disabled refugees arriving in Australia face service gaps and are missing out on vital equipment, modified housing and dedicated disability support, a forum in Melbourne has heard. The HSS Settlement Grants Forum 2015 held this week at Melbourne’s Multicultural Hub…
Speaking two or more languages regularly can make you smarter, more efficient and better able to learn, according to new research. Researcher Dr Christos Pliatsikas of the University of Kent, in the UK, led a team which looked into the…
Gay and lesbian asylum seekers in Germany are being both physically and emotionally abused by fellow refugees due to their sexuality. As more people flee violence in their home countries of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to seek safety in Europe,…
A new survey of Syrian refugees has revealed the reasons behind the exodus from the war-riven nation while casting doubt or assertions that many are ‘economic’ refugees. The Washington Post newspaper surveyed civilians in a UNHCR refugee camp in Turkey…