Diaspora
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Zim students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region…
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A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia
Her courageous reporting focused on democracy and women’s rights — particularly education for girls — in what was still a…
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Mehreen Faruqi says Australian politicians shouldn’t have to give up citizenship in other countries
Here, two Senators affected by the law share their stories. Krishani Dhanji SBS Mehreen Faruqi gave up her Pakistani citizenship…
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5 years on, would an outspoken Australian-Muslim activist ‘get Yassmined?’ Abdel-Magied herself hopes change is happening
Or does it simply suffer from a diversity and inclusion problem at the level of governance and political representation? Fethi Mansouri…
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Refugees on Nauru need urgent evacuation to Australia
Amnesty International Australia is calling for refugees and people seeking asylum on Nauru to be urgently evacuated to Australia while…
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Rethinking the role of the diaspora as a key part of a development strategy for Greece
“Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis: Greece and Beyond” is a timely and important SEESOX Diaspora contribution – an original work…
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More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its annual update that the increase had come as millions of Ukrainians were driven from…
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UK: Rwanda deportation flight set to go ahead after court rejects appeal
A last-minute bid to halt deportations of asylum-seekers to Rwanda failed on Monday after the Court of Appeal in London dismissed attempts…
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‘We can make it work’: the NSW region opening doors and hearts to Ukrainians
Jenni Chapple has five new sets of girls’ size-4 clothing, a child’s dressing gown and puffer jacket hanging in her…
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Vangelis – as Thucydides once said “The whole earth is the sepulcher of famous men”
An Argonaut of the Cosmos, Vangelis Papathanassiou departed from this life, a modern Jason from the land of the Argonauts…
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Pre-Election pledges and the future of the Greek Australians Community in Melbourne
This week, Liberal politicians announced a $1.8 million pledge to the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV), in…
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Saudi Arabia condemns ‘abuse of Holy Qur’an’ by extremists in Sweden
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned the “deliberate” abuse of the Holy Qur’an, as well as provocations and incitement against…
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Federal Elections and Migrant/Ethnic Australia
In a fragmented society like ours, with so many parallel microcosms, with so many different individual and common experiences and…
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Behrouz Boochani says nine-year delay to refugee resettlement ‘a tragedy’ as Jacqui Lambie breaks silence
Mr Boochani labelled Australia’s delay in accepting New Zealand’s resettlement offer a “tragedy”, as crossbench Senator Jacqui Lambie claimed Prime…
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Refugee who escaped the Taliban and self-immolated on Nauru speaks from Melbourne’s Park Hotel
But he said it was Australia’s ongoing and indefinite detention that had left him permanently scarred. Erin Handley ABC The refugee,…
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Two Turkey-origin women to serve in new Dutch government
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, a 44-year-old politician of the right-wing People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been a member…
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