The federal government has released a new range of visas that prioritise a new group of occupations in a bid to get more migrants to settle in regional areas. The new visas are aimed at skilled migrants, including architects, scientists,…

International aid agencies have launched an appeal to raise $US1.35 billion to address the humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…

New Zealand is emerging as leading destination for migrants. Migration added a net 56,000 people to New Zealand’s population in the year to June, according to official statistics. This translates to a population increase of about 11 people for every…

A new study shows that the ancient world was much more culturally diverse than previously thought. The analysis of DNA samples from ancient grave sites in Rome shows that the city was populated by people from all over the ancient…

The West needs to address poverty and conflict in the developing world and reorder its thinking and priorities or the globe will see increases in conflict, terrorism and hazardous irregular migration, according to Irish peacemaker and expert on divided societies…

The US has slashed its annual refugee intake to 18,000, the lowest number since 1980 and just 20 per cent of the target set by President Obama in 2016. And in the October month the US took in exactly zero…

In the three years of the Trump administration in the US, the nation’s asylum system has been utterly transformed. President Trump and his senior aides have built layers of impediments in Central America, at the border with Mexico and in…

Welfare payments to migrants in Germany have plunged 12 per cent in the past year in line with a fall in the proportion of the broader populations receiving government payments. Germany’s Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) recently published data showing that…

More than a million and a half children around the world each year are deprived of their liberty because of various reasons and across a wide variety of settings, a new report has found The ‘Global study on children deprived…

The Victorian Government has recently announced funding for a series of programs to tackle problem gambling across the state with many focused on refugee and migrant communities. Gaming and liquor regulation minister Marlene Kairouz, announced the funding for the 14…

Getting more migrants into jobs that match their skills could deliver and $6 billion a year boost to the economy, according to new research. And increasing the nation’s migrant workforce also boosts wages for Australian workers, the study found. Titled…

Murdered Israeli overseas student Aiia Maasarwe will be remembered with a scholarship designed to support students encountering financial hardship. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the establishment of the ‘Aiia Maasarwe Memorial Scholarship’ for local or international students experiencing financial hardship in…