A controversial historian and journalist has suggested the world should recognise three new kinds of refugees who have emerged as the numbers of displaced people surges to record levels. Vijay Prashad, who is executive director of the Tricontinental Institute for…

Germany is getting tougher on border control and migration as far-right groups make political gains. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has announced new border controls that include strengthening internal security, cracking down on irregular migration more checks at national borders.…

Melbourne’s Syrian community recently showcased its culture and traditions at an event in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The Zenobia Association welcomed more than a hundred people to its Syrian Lammeh (‘Syrian Gathering’) celebration. The event aimed to introduce Syrian culture and…

Hong Kong has become a leading source of out bound refugees on a per capita basis, a new book claims. The book, ‘When the Wind Blows: The Struggle for Freedom in Hong Kong’, by former Hong Kong politician Nathan Law…

Pakistan has announced it will go ahead with a new round of expulsions of “undocumented Afghan refugees” from the country, despite fears about their safety. Human rights organisations and refugee advocates have voiced concerns about what will happen to the…

Refugee paralympian Zakia Khudadadi has made history at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first-ever Refugee Paralympic Team medallist. Ms Khudadadi, who competed for Afghanistan in the 2021 games, won bronze in the women’s under 47kg category in taekwando. At…

American rapper Macklemore has called off a show in Abu Dhabi over concerns the UAE is fuelling the conflict in Sudan and exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis. In a social media post, Macklemore, who was due to perform at Dubai’s…

A stunning new photo exhibition charts the journey of an asylum seeker from Afghanistan over two years and across three continents. Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor has recorded his passage to freedom and safety in a life-affirming photo essay called ‘Searching…

The Rohingya people have marked the seven-year anniversary of the genocide that sparked the exodus of hundreds of thousands of them from Myanmar. In August 2017, Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, unleashed waves of violence against Rohingya ethnic minorities in Rakhine…

Her own family’s story of displacement has driven Lena Torus’ passion to help refugees find their first homes in Australia. Lena is a Senior Client Manager with the Ray White real estate agency in Melbourne’s south-east, an area where thousands…

The images coming out Britain showing violent mobs protesting against asylum seekers are disturbing for observers and worse for the innocent people caught up in the mayhem. The term ‘right wing thuggery; has been bandied about to describe disorder, not…

The numbers of people migrating globally is now outpacing the world’s population growth, according to a new study. The number of people living outside their country of birth rose by 83 per cent between 1990 and 2020, from 153 million…