The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in the Middle East into a desperate situation verging on a humanitarian crisis, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has warned. The number of vulnerable refugees…

Mindfulness and meditation are helping refugees with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) recover and heal after living through terror and distress at a time of the largest human displacement in history. Today there are 79.5 people displaced across the globe,…

Entrenching a monitoring and evaluation process into refugee settlement programs could improve their sustainability and result in better integration and cohesion outcomes, a new study has found. The study by the Brussels-based  Migration Policy Institute Europe says that to ensure…

“Life is on the move, today as in the past,” says author and journalist Sonia Shah. “For too long, we’ve suppressed the fact of the migration instinct, demonising it as a harbinger of terror. We’ve constructed a story about ourselves,…

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can deport some asylum-seekers without granting them a federal court hearing. The ruling means that asylum-seekers on track for expedited removal from the US are not entitled to seek habeas…

Then United Nations has called for increased protections for migrants and refugees amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reminding countries of their obligations to people on the move. In a video accompanying the release of a UN policy brief for aiding migrants…

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has at last acknowledged formally that climate change as a factor that drives refugees away from their homes. In its latest annual report the UNHCR says that “interplay between climate, conflict, hunger,…

The world’s population is expected to stop growing by the end of this century, according to new research. The population plunge, the first in modern history, is due in large part to falling global fertility rates, according to an analysis…

Remittances, or money sent home by migrants, are expected to fall by a record 20 per cent this year, according to a new data. The drop in remittances from a high of $US714 billion in 2019 to an estimated $US572…

Interacting with people from different backgrounds produces more positive attitudes about diversity, new research has found. A study by the Washington-based Think Tank, the Pew Centre, shows most people across the globe think their countries are better off thanks to…

With the Black Live Matter campaign taking hold across the world highlighting police brutality and seeking racial justice in response to George Floyd’s death at the hands of a US police officer, the issue of ‘systemic’ or ‘institutional’ racism has…

Migration drives economic growth and improves productivity in host countries, according to new research by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). While migration has been the focus of intense political debate in recent years, and particularly since the advent of the…