Last week two South Sudanese refugees, Adelaide United and Australian under-20 player Awer Mabil and brother Awer Bul, returned to the scorching heat at Kakuma Refugee Camp in north-western Kenya where both once lived. Fellow United player Osama Malik, of…

For decades, Kamahl Ibram has been bringing news and entertainment to eager listeners in Australia hungry for news about their homeland, broadcasting his Arabic language radio program from a makeshift studio in his Earlwood garage. Read more: http://www.nvi.com.au/story/3175376/egyptian-migrant-kamahl-ibram-recognised-for-lifetime-achievement-in-radio/

AMES is pleased to be part of the Federal Government’s jobactive employment initiative and will continue to work to improve employment and recruitment outcomes for jobseekers and employers, AMES CEO Cath Scarth said today as the scheme was launched. “AMES…

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out on city streets around the globe in support of refugees and asylum seekers on World Refugee Day this week as world leaders pledged more action to keep displaced people safe. In a statement…

Like thousands of her compatriots Eunice Kaye had her peaceful, humble life shattered by the brutal and bloody civil war that laid waste to the African republic of Liberia more than two decades ago. Amid intense fighting between militia and…

During World Refugee Week we speak to Australia’s Rohingya community who fear for their ‘stateless’ compatriots. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/06/15/we-always-live-fear-rohingya-refugees-speak-out#

Running for his life through unfamiliar streets on the outskirts of the Afghan town of Shindand with armed kidnappers in pursuit was the last time refugee Mehdi Hassani saw his brother alive. The pair had been bundled into a car…

The disparate notions of ‘data’ and ‘joy’ might appear to make unusual and uncomfortable bed-mates but it is the contention of leading British educationalist Sir Michael Barber that, at least in terms of improved learning outcomes, the former is a…

Footscray AMES students have participated in a replanting project at Altona Coastal Park as part of the Industry Orientation Programme. Students joined Suzette and her team from Hobsons Bay on April 1 to plant sedge grass as part of a…

Victoria’s leading migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES has welcomed the Victorian Government’s recognition of the importance of cultural diversity and social cohesion in the 2015/16 state budget. In its first budget, the Andrews government has allocated $74 million over…

Last week a welcoming message to immigrants and refugees was heard loud and clear across Australia. It seemed as if the entire creative community of the country took up their pens, paintbrushes and computer mice to write the words ‘Real…

Refugee resettlement has created 70 full-time jobs and added $40 million to a struggling rural Victorian town’s economy, a new study shows. Since early 2010, about 170 Karen refugees from Myanmar (Burma) have resettled at Nhill in western Victoria’s wheatbelt,…