A snap audit today of global leadership personnel would find Malcolm Turnbull forming a majority government by the skin of his teeth in Australia, Britain getting a new and untested female Prime Minister in Theresa May and Hilary Clinton about…

The voluntary repatriation of refugees from Burma living in Thailand is set to begin after the two governments announced a deal to cooperate on the move. Authorities will begin by checking the documents of displaced Burma nationals wishing to return,…

The Federal Government’s latest budget has effectively introduced tax breaks on asset-backed financing arrangements from next year, potentially creating new Islamic financing and sovereign wealth opportunities for financiers and borrowers. Islamic financing is subject to religious principles which forbid usury…

Fears that young people who care for child relatives are struggling from poverty and educational and employment disadvantage has sparked a new research project that aims to understand the problem better. It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 young…

A new interactive website which reveals the professions that are in high demand in particular countries is proving a vital tool for the growing number of international migrants. There is currently an estimated pool of 20 million potential international migrants…

Digital technology is delivering a revolution in education which its proponents say is removing the old barriers of geographic access and socio-economic circumstances while also changing the way humans behave creatively, a major conference has heard. The recent EduTECH 2016…

Migration levels to Australia have fallen by almost ten per cent over the past year, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. In 2014-15, net overseas migration reflected an annual gain of 168,200 persons, 9.8 per cent less than…

More refugee migrants are finding work in Australia, but many still face barriers to getting a job, according to a new nationwide study. The settlement experiences of around 2,400 humanitarian migrants have been tracked, with nearly a fifth finding employment…

Multinational companies providing Europe with security infrastructure to deal with the refugee influx are also among the biggest sellers of weapons to the areas of conflict which are producing the outflows of migrants, a new report claims. According to the think tank the…

Poverty is rising alarmingly among Syrian refugees living in neighbouring countries putting them at risk of falling victim to exploitation and loan sharks, according to a new report. A survey carried out by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees…

The European Commission has outlined its new 8 billion euro plan to contain the migrant crisis over the next four years but many observers are skeptical. Under the “New Migration Partnership Framework” Brussels will allocate 3.6 billion euros in development…

Global migration agency the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is set to come under the aegis of the United Nations in response to the deepening world refugee crisis. An IOM spokesman has confirmed that member states had decided that it…