Compelling news from the refugee and migrant sector

Opinion – Debunking the myth of migrants stealing jobs

3 October 20240 comments

Cath Scarth, CEO of AMES Australia

Among the plethora of false claims uttered by former US President Donald Trump during his recent debate with Vice President Kamela Harris… Read Full Article

Family who are three-time refugees escape statelessness

3 October 20240 comments

Rami Hussein is one of about four-and-a-half million people across the globe who have, or are, enduring statelessness.

Rami’s father fled Palestine during the 1948 was when Zionist… Read Full Article

CALD women at the bottom of the workplace equity ladder

3 October 20240 comments

Women from culturally diverse communities are at the most disadvantaged when it comes to workplace equity and the gender pay gap, new research reveals.

They are more likely… Read Full Article

Three decades of selfless volunteering

3 October 20240 comments

For 27 years Jim Revell has quietly been making a difference in the lives of thousands of migrants and refugees newly arrived in Australia.

His work as a… Read Full Article

Stunning photo essay explores the asylum seeker experience

29 August 20240 comments

A stunning new photo exhibition charts the journey of an asylum seeker from Afghanistan over two years and across three continents.

Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor has recorded his… Read Full Article

Helping refugees find their first homes in Australia

22 August 20240 comments

Her own family’s story of displacement has driven Lena Torus’ passion to help refugees find their first homes in Australia.

Lena is a Senior Client Manager with the… Read Full Article

Local AMES News

May 2014

Refugees introduced to RCH

13 May 20140 comments

Refugee families are being offered tours of the Royal Children’s Hospital to introduce them to the hospital’s services...

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AMES students bowling along

12 May 20140 comments

More than twenty AMES youth students have taken part in a lawn bowls pilot program over the past two weeks...

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AMES youth students explore job opportunities

10 May 20140 comments

Around twenty AMES students from Dandenong and Noble Park recently attended a migrant youth employment forum at Monash...

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April 2014

A day at the zoo to celebrate cultural diversity

4 April 20140 comments

About 250 students from AMES West Hub spent a day at Werribee Open Range Zoo on March 20, courtesy of...

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