As moves to encourage Burmese refugees living Thailand to return home escalate, many of the exiles say they fear for their futures if forced to return. At the moment, refugees in Thailand have three options: repatriation to their country of…

In the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, academics and commentators have been trying to work out what was behind these event. The dominant theory, in a nutshell, is that in the wake of recession and financial…

Two senior Catholic leaders offered apparently conflicting views on the migration crisis this week. A day after European Parliament elections and with migration a major issue, Pope Francis issued a message urging society to drop scepticism and prejudice towards newcomers,…

The Trump administration has outlined plans for a new US immigration system that will prioritise younger, better educated, English-speaking skilled workers. In a recent speech at the White House, President Trump proposed moving away from the current system that favours…

Refugees who are more willing to take risks, who tend to reciprocate friendliness, and who believe they are in control of their lives integrate into a new society faster, a new study has found. A study of refugees in Germany…

Volunteering to help individuals and families can build skills and knowledge, enhance employment opportunities, provide new and challenging experiences as well as deliver feelings of personal satisfaction through contributing, a new survey has found. It also delivers measurable benefits to…

Firefighters, priests and elderly women are among hundreds of Europeans who are increasingly being criminalised for supporting refugees, according to new research. Data collected by the global news website ‘openDemocracy’ shows 250 people across Europe have been arrested or criminalised…

Mobile technology has emerged as a key tool for refugees fleeing conflict, persecution or poverty, researchers say. Mobile phones, especially, are vital for helping people not only to keep in touch with family and friends but to guide refugees on…

Large scale global migration is set to increase dramatically in the coming decades bringing with it more political division and risk of conflict, a disturbing new study has found. Researchers at Stanford University, in the US, predict that populations are…

Ekhlas Franso, along with her two sisters escaped terror attacks on the streets of Baghdad, and survived seven years as refugees living in Syria with little money and no work. Now, as recently confirmed Australian citizens, they will be voting…

A record 41.3 million people are now displaced within their own countries because of conflict or violence and two thirds of this group are located within just ten countries. New data from the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) shows…

Climate change has become the leading cause of migration, according to a ground-breaking new study. The research by a team at New Zealand’s University of Otago found that the effects of climate change, including floods and extreme temperatures, have become…