Migrant students are 68 per cent more likely to participate in science subjects after the age of 16 than students from Australian backgrounds. And first generation migrant students are 35 per cent more likely to participate in science subjects after…

Irregular migration could spike around the globe as the COVID-19 pandemic increases hunger and food insecurity, according to a new report. The ground breaking report, titled ‘Populations at risk: Implications of COVID-19 for hunger, migration and displacement’, was produced by…

The administration of US President elect Joe Biden is set to reverse many his predecessor’s immigration policies, experts say. After Mr Biden’s election win, US migration policy experts have analysed what the new administration will mean for migrants and asylum…

United Nations refugee protection chief and former Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs has hit out at nations denying asylum and refuge to displaced persons under bogus concerns about ‘public health’. Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Professor Triggs, warned that…

Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have received the most refugees over the past decade, according to new data from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Turkey has provided protection to more refugees than any other country in the last ten years. But…

Gains in the improvement of the integration of immigrants in host countries across the globe over the past decade have been put at risk by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, a new report from the OECD. The OECD…

Minutes after touching down at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport in November last year, four-year-old Absaar Ahmad was carefully transferred to a waiting ambulance and rushed to the city’s Royal Children’s Hospital. The boy was suffering from holes and blocked arteries in…

As a 17-year-old Iranian refugee Ghanieh Daghagheleh made a dangerous boat journey seeking safety. After years of struggle, she and her family have built a new life in Australia. And now she has started a new job as a front-line…

As the US presidential election approaches, issues around the Trump administration’s migration and asylum policies are bubbling to the surface. This week, a series of damaging revelations have emerged although the effect they will have on the voting intentions of…

Refugee-run businesses are reopening with the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions which have seen hospitality and retail venues in Melbourne closed for 15 weeks. Dozens of hospitality, retail and service small businesses are reopening their doors this week as COVID-19…

Syrian refugee Mariam Georges and her family have found safety and a new life in Melbourne after suffering through years of conflict, trauma, discrimination and uncertainty. Forced to flee their home and their lives in the Syrian city of Aleppo…

You may have seen this this poster around, but you may not know the story behind it. Artist Peter Drew is travelling the country pasting up a 100-year-old photograph of a man who has become a folk hero and a…