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

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads globally migrants and refugees in camps around the globe could become the epicentre of the tragedy. Aid agencies and local authorities from the US-Mexico border to the camps on Greek islands are worried that large…

Refugee clients are being supported to settle faster and more sustainable thanks to a new settlement support initiative that better coordinates services supporting new arrivals. Refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia has implemented the Individual Pathways Plan (IPP) as…

Aid agencies says unaccompanied children are being abandoned as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced support services to shut across Europe. European governments are being called on to urgently put into place measures to protect refugees and migrants – in particular…

Mexico, traditionally a country of origin for migrants or a transit stop on the treacherous Central American route to the United States, has now become a destination for people fleeing violence and persecution in their homelands. And the swelling numbers…

Children of migrants are doing better than English-speaking students in writing and spelling, according to the latest NAPLAN results. The results show 95 per cent of migrant students in Year 5 reached the minimum standard in writing, compared to 93…

Authorities worldwide are using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to crack down on human rights for political purposes, according to democratic think tank Freedom House. In a new report, Freedom House has warned there is a real risk that…

Aid agencies have called on the global community to include refugees and displaced people in the global response to the COVID-19 crisis. The agencies, which include Human Rights watch, the Norweigan Refugee Council and Oxfam, are particularly concerned about the…

The migrant death toll in the Mediterranean Sea has risen to 20,014 since 2014 following tragic foundering of a vessel off the coast of Libya last month, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). A statement from the IOM’s…

Democracy, human rights and freedom across the world are under threat again with dictators on the rise and the rights of minorities being undermined, according to survey of the global condition of liberty and social justice. The report by democratic…

Nine years ago this month Syria, descended into war. The conflict war has destroyed some of the oldest cities in the world, killed upwards of half a million people, and contributed to the greatest refugee crisis since WWII. The fighting, which…

Migrant teenagers who have moved within their own country or overseas are more resilient and better able to recover from trauma than teenagers who have not moved from their hometown, new research has found. Researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)…