Lao

Sombath Remains Missing

It has been more than three months since Mr. Sombath Somphone, a famous promoter of the Lao youth has disappeared under the watchful eyes of the Lao Police but there is no progress in finding him or what had happened to him.

The strange disappearance is now an international subject...

Khamleck Thongvilu.

Multicultural Reactions To The 2013 Budget

There has been a mixed reaction to the 2013 Australian budget from migrant and Indigenous community organisations.

Budget allocations show the government has opted to neither change Australia's current general immigration level, nor the number of places set aside under the refugee and humanitarian program.

Migrant community groups have welcomed additional funding for health and education programs, saying some of the extra funds will be specifically targeted at Australians from a non English speaking background.

However some Indigenous organisations are particularly critical of government plans to cut funding to the representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Khamleck Thongvilu.

Australia Is Unsafe For Asylum Seekers

Australian mainland will be excised from the migration zone.

This means anyone illegally arriving in any apart of Australia by boat will face the prospect of being sent to Australian detention centres in Nauru or PNG.

Khamleck Thongvilu.

Let Asylum Seekers Work

An estimated 10-thousand asylum-seekers are set to be released into the community this year without the right to work.

There are more calls to let them work while waiting for their application to remain in Australia is being processed.

Khamleck Thongvilu.