Making sense of the rival campaigns and arguments around Britain’s historic ‘Brexit’ vote on June 23 is bit like trying to thread a needle while looking through a kaleidoscope such is the lying, self-interest and panic peddling. And just like…

Job advertisements in Australia rose sharply in May, prompting analysts to suggest that labour market hiring may spike in the second half of the year. According to the ANZ, the number of job postings increased by 2.4 per cent to…

More than seven in ten Australians would welcome refugees into their cities, according a global survey by Amnesty International. Australia ranked as the fifth most welcoming country to refugees, the survey found. China, Germany, Britain and Canada were ranked as…

The horrific Orlando massacre has polarised even further public opinion in the US on the issues of migration and providing a haven for refugees from Islamic countries. A spate of news reports published since the weekend outrage indicate that anti-refugee…

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has called on nations to integrate their migration and environmental policies as climate change becomes a major driver of the mass movement of people. IOM Director General, William Lacy Swing urged leaders to integrate…

The world’s five wealthiest countries – which make up half the global economy – are hosting less than 5 per cent of the world’s refugees, according to new research. Meanwhile 86 per cent of refugees are in poorer developing countries…

A meeting of global Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) has called on nation states to increase the size and inmprove the quality of refugee resettlement programs across the globe as the number of displaced persons climbs above 60 million. A communiqué from…

A new series of short films is giving audiences a rare perspective on the refugee experience by presenting intensely personal and narratively diverse insights into the lives of a group of young refugees. The 2016 Heartlands arts project brings together…

New guidelines that provide a framework for the protection of refugees and migrants in the event of conflict or natural disaster were launched this week by the international Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Initiative. ‘Guidelines to Protect Migrants in…

A recently released United Nations flowchart for refugees has exposed how complicated it is to apply for asylum. The flowchart, a classic example of Byzantine bureaucratic befuddlement, is emblematic of how governments and bureaucracies across the globe are clamping down…

People from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds face numerous barriers when it comes to accessing mental health care in Australia, according to new research. Language barriers, intercultural differences, knowledge of available services, and cultural stigma surrounding mental health are…

A small Swiss village, home to some one of the wealthiest in people in Europe, has refused to take in its government imposed quota of asylum seekers, opting instead to pay a fine of $400,000 instead. The residents of Oberwil-Lieli, where there…