Iraqi refugee Aram Shaabo left behind a comfortable life and a burgeoning career as a pharmacist when he fled his home in northern Iraq as ISIS militia groups attacked. After years of living in refugee camps and eking out a…

As the looming US Presidential election seems likely to be fought at least in part over the issue of immigration, a new statistical analysis on migrants in America has emerged. The Washington-based think tank, the Pew Research Centre, has aggregated…

The adage ‘from small things big things grow’ may have never been more appropriate than when applied to a small micro finance outfit that is doing big things when it comes to supporting refugees to start their own businesses. More…

Having to flee violence and threats twice in her life has influenced the work that young Syrian artist Rama Kadrou produces. Her images convey an almost visceral sense of what it is to be a refugee and speak of the…

Human rights groups have launched a landmark legal class action against the Trump administration’s controversial policy of expelling migrant children from the US’ southern border without giving them an opportunity to seek humanitarian asylum. The case, led by the American…

The United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day passed with little fanfare recently, with the world’s focus firmly on the COVID-19 pandemic. But, lurking beneath the global preoccupation with the pandemic is a frightening statistic that a record number of people will…

A Syrian refugee turned award-winning film-maker has signed up to become a London hospital cleaner during the COVID-19 crisis. Hassan Akkad, who fled his homeland after being jailed by the regime of Bashar Al Assad, arrived in the UK in…

A ‘secret deal’ between Switzerland and China that allows Chinese authorities to conduct investigations in the country and deport Chinese nationals has come under fire from human rights groups. The renewal of the deal first signed in 2015 has also…

A program to support recently arrived refugee jobseekers gain recognition of their overseas qualifications and English language programs that are tailored to the needs of newly arrived migrant and refugee jobseekers are among the recommendations of a Victorian parliamentary report…

Australia’s Lebanese communities are rallying to support the victims of the massive explosion that ripped through Beirut killing hundreds of people. Religious and political leaders from Australia’s Lebanese community reacted with shock and dismay at the disaster. Charity funds to…

Having fled deadly violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state three years ago, over a million Rohingya refugees still live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh. Despite repatriation attempts, the refugees are yet to return home. The camps at, Cox’s Bazar, are home…

Clampdowns on low-level people smuggling has turned the industry into a multi-billion dollar global bonanza for organised crime, according to new research. And as legal avenues for migration have shrunk due to COVID-19 related restrictions, movement has increasingly been facilitated…