Nigerian LGBTQ activist Aderonke Apata has finally been granted asylum by Britain’s High Court after thirteen years battling to prove her sexual identity. Some African countries have prohibitive laws against homosexuality with same sex marriage currently classified as a crime…

Thousands of civilian refugees and rebel fighters who fled Syria for safety in Lebanon are being forced to return to their war-ravaged homeland. Hezbollah and other groups in control of parts of Lebanon have deemed there is now a ‘safe…

Migration to Australia is arresting an economic crisis brought by an ageing population, according to a leading researcher. Melbourne University demographer Peter McDonald has told a conference in Melbourne that but for immigration, Australia’s population would be ageing faster than…

The Syrian refugee crisis has uprooted over two million children, many of whom have found refuge in Australia. This exodus has become the focus of a large number of fiction books for young adults and many of these have been…

Australia’s multiculturalism should be enshrined in law, taught in schools and protected by a new national commission, according to a new parliamentary report. The Senate Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism released a report last week which also calls for plans…

Eman Shashy and her family were the last to leave their village before ISIS arrived and destroyed it. The family of Iraqi refugees had no vehicle and were forced to walk through the night to safety as the Islamic State…

Pakistan has announced a new tax on not-for-profit organisations that humanitarian groups say will force agencies to cut back on services to some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Pakistan imposed the tax in June on not-for-profit agencies that spend…

A skilled migrant who initially struggled to enter the Australian job market has landed a job with one of the largest insurance companies IAG. Parvinder Singh Soin arrived from India with over ten years of experience as a Business Intelligence…

A new global compact on migration is slowly having life breathed into it in a push to help the estimated 244 million migrants around the globe who are not protected by international law. The first of a series of workshops…

As US President Donald Trump set out to remake his nation’s migration regime by slashing overall numbers and particularly low-skilled workers, a new snapshot of migrants in the US has been published. The Washington-based Pew Research Centre has completed a…

Plans by the federal government to dramatically change the requirements to become an Australian citizen have been questioned by a broad array of sectors led by businesses interests. The draft legislation includes proposals to: extend the wait for permanent residents…

Being with family and being engaged in education or work can lead to personal wellbeing and successful settlement pathways for young refugees in Australia, according to new research. A new study of young Hazaras with refugee backgrounds in Australia also…