As almost the only black man walking the streets of the South Korean capital Seoul, Congolese refugee Yiombi Thona saw first-hand race-based prejudice, fear and scorn. But with courage, hard work, perseverance and a liberal dose of his idiosyncratic humour,…

Skilled migrants will boost numbers of jobs available to locals and are vital for the innovation Australia needs to bring future prosperity, according to a new report by one of the nation’s leading science bodies. The report, titled ‘Prosperity though…

Scotland is proposing to go it alone on immigration policy post-Brexit after the release of a report which shows 10 billion pounds would be wiped from the Scottish economy because of lower immigration. Under the proposal for new post-Brexit immigration…

International aid groups are warning that 2018 could see thousands of refugees in the Middle East and the West again forced to return to their war-torn countries before the security situation is stabilised. They say Syrians and Afghans are particularly…

A global agreement on a framework to help manage migration for the nearly 260 million people living outside their countries of origin has moved a step closer with publication of two seminal documents. This week the ‘zero draft’ the Global…

Australian cities are seeing the rise of new highly ethnically diverse suburbs populated by professional migrants and entrepreneurs, according to new research. These so-called ‘super-diverse ethnoburbs’ are the result of Australia’s skilled migration scheme that, since the 1990s, has brought…

The European Union’s top court has ruled that psychological tests should not be used as grounds to reject asylum seekers fleeing countries where homosexuality is illegal. Effectively barring use of sexual orientation tests as an invasion of “the most intimate…

President Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address has inflamed the US’ immigration debate while focusing comment on so-called “chain migration”. President Trump’s speech, in which he said he wanted to fix his country’s “broken” immigration system, has been met…

Israel’s plan to deport almost 38,000 mostly African asylum seekers is causing bitter and visceral divisions across the nation. According to official Israeli figures and statements, more than 34,000 mostly Sudanese and Eritreans have entered Israel illegally seeking asylum. Out…

A confronting new film has been launched by Amnesty International in a bid to shed light on the dangerous journeys refugees are forced to make on a daily basis. The film documents an innovative and extraordinary project in which five…

Illiteracy among young people is almost three times as high in countries hit by war or disaster than in stable nations and women and girls are worst affected, according to a new United Nations report. The report, by the UN…

Syrian twin sisters Maya and Sarah Ghassali have launched a radio program aimed at giving refugees the opportunity to tell their stories to the broader community. The ‘Refugees on Air’ radio podcast on community-based SYN Media regularly posts stories and…