Increasing numbers of Indian citizens are seeking asylum overseas. The arrival of irregular Indian migrants in the US has traditionally been low but recently the numbers have spiked. Since the beginning of the 2022 US fiscal year, which began last…

Australians overwhelmingly continue to view multiculturalism and immigration as benefits to the nation despite rising concerns about housing the cost of living, a new study has found. The Scanlon Research Foundation’s ‘Mapping Social Cohesion 2024’ report found that social cohesion…

Kite flying has always been a part of Mohammad Balkhi’s life. As a child he would run through the streets of Kabul with his friends sending brightly coloured, home-made kites aloft into Afghanistan’s azure skies. At age 12, Mohammad started…

The election of Donald Trump as US President could have a disastrous impact on humanitarian and refugee relief efforts around the globe, agencies and NGOs are claiming. Among Trump’s election campaign promises were an end to irregular immigration to the…

Newly arrived refugee and migrant communities have a poor understanding of, and low level of engagement in, Australia’s electoral process, a survey of community leaders has found. A focus group of 32 community leaders in 21 key cohort migrant and…

Archie Thompson says football brings people and communities together. And the former Socceroo has some personal evidence for his assertion. He was born in Papua New Guinea to a New Zealand father and a local mother. He grew up in…

Issues around migrants and refugees can be divisive and the negative rhetoric can ramp up as elections approach. Often, groups or parties weaponise these issues to achieve their political goals and it can be difficult to counter the emotive, negative…

More than a hundred advocacy and community groups have called on the US Government to close a migrant processing facility at the infamous US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba, and stop detaining asylum seekers found at sea there.…

The Kenyan government is under fire over its asylum policy after four refugees were returned to Turkey from Kenya and the nation’s queer community condemned the government’s policy of discriminating against LGBTQ asylum seekers. The UN refugee agency UNHCR has…

Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon has forced more than a million people from their homes, including hundreds of thousands of Syrians, who fled conflict in their own country after 2014. The Syrians were already among the most vulnerable communities in…

Secure visa status, employment, income, good housing conditions and control over environmental circumstances are the keys to good mental health and resilience among refugees, a new study has confirmed. The finding is the result of systematic review of factors promoting…

First-time arrivals and applications of people seeking asylum in the EU have declined dramatically in recent months, a new report reveals. The report, from the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat, says asylum applications have dropped 17 per cent over the northern…