After being targeted by Islamic extremists in his homeland and forced into near slave labour as an exile living in Lebanon, Iraqi refugee Ramsin Moshi Butrus Kano is finally on pathway to relaunching his career as an engineer in Australia.…

As the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising effects of climate change fuel fears in the minds of millions of people across the globe, a bitter clash is looming between people who want to migrate out of their precarious positions and…

A Canadian court has ruled that the US’ treatment of asylum seekers is in breach of human rights. Canada’s Federal Court ruled that an existing ‘safe third country’ agreement with the US violates human rights protections in Canada’s constitution. Under…

In welcome news for international students many of whom are stranded offshore due to the coronavirus-induced border restrictions, The federal government has announced a raft of changes to visa arrangements to prop up Australia’s position as a destination for international…

The United Nations refugee agency has called on countries to release refugees and asylum-seekers who are being unlawfully or arbitrarily held in detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said states should act to ensure…

The US is facing a fresh wave of migrants from Mexico driven by a COVID-19-fuelled economic collapse, a raft new studies say. Mexico’s economy is expected to shrink by ten per cent this year. But even before the pandemic, business…

‘Imagined Frontiers’ is a book about the impact lines on maps have had on American art and culture. In it, urban historian Carl Abbott notes that because “they mark difference, they are also edgy places where change can happen—like the…

The skills of migrant health professionals are going unused in the US as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation claiming thousands of lives each day, according to a new report. Research by the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute (MPI) found that…

A new study has identified the keys to successfully communicating messages about fighting COVID-19 to members of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Researchers from Monash University reached out to some of Victoria’s diverse communities to find out if the…

A group of Rohingya refugees who claim they were seeking safety and faced caning and seven months in jail after they were convicted under Malaysia’s controversial Immigration Act have been spared. A Malaysian higher court reversed the decision to cane…

A Syrian refugee fought alongside Australian soldiers in WWII and who came to Australia as part of the nation’s extra intake of 12,000 victims of the Islamic State conflict has died peacefully. Danial Haron died at 97 surrounded by his…

A raft of new studies show that exiled refugee families in the Middle East are falling further into poverty and their children are missing out on an education. Reports by Refugees International, the International Rescue Committee, Human Rights Watch and…