Changes in traditional media and growing use of social media are offering new avenues for ‘migrant-led’ media and journalism as well as a unique opportunity for migrants to highlight their concerns and contributions in their own words, according to a…

New laws to stamp out modern slavery and the exploitation of workers are needed in Australia, according to a parliamentary committee’s report tabled this week in the Commonwealth Parliament. The report, by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence…

The percentage of Muslims among the population of Europe will continue to rise over the next thirty years whether borders are closed or not, according to a new report released by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. According to the report,…

Australia has more than million people looking for a full time job, according to the latest labour market snapshot from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest data reveals that of the 18.3 million people aged 18 years and…

Australia has experienced its ­largest increase in net migration in several years with 245,400 new arrivals in the 12 months to July, or an increase of 27 per cent over the previous year, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics…

Multiple migrations out of Africa, beginning 120,000 years ago – rather than a single exodus 60,000 years ago – gave rise to the modern population of people, according to new research. The findings of a major new review of scientific…

Since the global financial crisis, there has been a significant increase in the amount of contract, temporary and freelance work – dubbed ‘the gig economy’ The popular image of the gig economy worker might be young, funky Uber drivers or…

The United Nations refugee agency has urged Japan to resettle more asylum seekers putting pressure on one of the world’s wealthiest countries to help solve the global refugee crisis. The call came after Japan offered refugee status to just three…

  A stark new short video highlights the magnitude and the physical effects of the global refugee crisis. Artists Min-Hyung Choi and Valentin Guiod have likened the physical and mental endurance of refugees and migrants with Olympic athletes. The pair worked with French…

New Zealand could become the first country in the world to recognise climate change as a valid reason for people to be granted a refugee visa, according to the nation’s climate change minister. New Zealand’s newly elected government is considering…

The United States has withdrawn from a bid to establish a ground-breaking voluntary pact to deal with migration on a global basis. In a statement, the US’ mission to the UN said President Donald Trump made the decision. “No country…

The struggles of LGBTI refugees have been highlighted in a new photographic exhibition that has grabbed attention on social media around the globe. “Free to Be Me” is a new photo and essay series on display in New York that…