US private prison companies have emerged as major donors to the election campaign of President Donald Trump, whose policies have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers locked up. The profits of private prisons have become inextricably linked to Trump’s…

The Canadian government is granting permanent residency to asylum seekers who have worked on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, caring for patients in hospitals and long-term care homes. Announcing the program in Montreal, Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said the…

BBC and Sky News in the UK have been hit with backlash after airing live footage of a ‘sinking’ refugee boat attempting to cross the English Channel. A BBC reporter did a live cross from the English Channel off Dover…

A major breakthrough in stamping out child labour was achieved this month when all nations which are members of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) agreed to protocols ending dangerous work for children. All 187 member countries of the International ILO…

A Yemeni doctor working on the frontline of his nation’s COVID-19 battle has penned an extraordinary diary painting a compelling picture of his work among people struck down by the pandemic, many of them migrants and refugees. Dr Ammar Derwish…

Thousands of refugees and migrants are dying or suffering extreme human rights abuses on journeys between West and East Africa and the continent’s Mediterranean Coast, according to a new report from the UN’s refugee agency. The report, titled ‘On this…

Migrant workers are key to horticulture having become Australia’s fastest-growing agriculture sector, according to a senior union leader. United Workers Union Farms director Jannette Armstrong says that without the input of migrant farm workers, the horticulture sector could not prosper.…

Brexit has sparked a ‘brain drain’ in the UK with an exodus of economically productive people from the UK to European Union, according to a new study. The exodus is on a scale that would normally be expected only as…

Two sisters who fled the brutal military regime in Eritrea – each following a different but equally tortuous pathway to freedom and safety – are now rebuilding their lives in Australia. Allae her sister Yara braved brutal beatings, people smuggler…

Dozens of refugee health professionals across Victoria stand ready to help out in the fight against the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic should they be called on. In Victoria, almost 40 doctors, pharmacists, vets and dentists, who are in the…

Global efforts to eradicate poverty are failing because the way progress is measured is deeply flawed and targets set amount to ‘miserable subsistence’ rather than minimally adequate standards of living, according to a controversial new report. International law expert and…

Settlement agency AMES Australia is using digital resources to help newly arrived refugees and migrants learn English.