Australia’s High Court has upheld the Federal Government’s right to pursue its controversial policy of detaining asylum seekers in offshore processing centres in a majority decision handed down on Wednesday. The case, brought on behalf an anonymous Bangladeshi woman temporarily…

Will the refugee crisis sink the EU? Serious differences are emerging among European Union nations over a response to the growing migrant crisis with some observers raising the prospect of a collapse of the bloc of nations. Just three years…

The global refugee crisis is set to worsen as southern Africa faces dire food shortages after extensive crop failures following record low rainfall. In a region in which almost 30 million people already don’t have sustainable access to enough affordable…

Future reforms to Australia’s mental health system must include a focus on assisting those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) in order to achieve extensive and inclusive benefits, according to the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Council of Australia (FECCA).…

The UK government has ordered an urgent inquiry into allegations that asylum seekers have become targets for racists in a northern English town because they have been housed in properties with distinctive red doors. The houses in Middlesbrough are owned…

More than 10,000 refugees seeking asylum in Hong Kong are trapped in a protracted legal limbo. Hong Kong is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention which established refugee rights and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. But…

When President Obama invited a Syrian refugee to watch his State of the Union Address in person last week, he all but nailed his colours to the mast while guaranteeing the debate over admitting refugees into the United States will be a major issue in…

Busting myths of refugee laziness and passivity, researchers from Oxford University’s Migration Observatory have demonstrated how refugees contribute to the development of a prospering and successful economy. While it is a common misconception that refugees living within refugee camps are…

People newly arrived to Australia are keen to fit in with their local communities, connect with their neighbours and contribute to society through volunteering, a new study has found. A survey of almost 400 people new to Australia paints a…

A man with one of the toughest jobs in the world is Filippo Grandi, who arrived in Geneva this week to begin his five-year term as head of the UN’s refugee agency. He is replacing the revered António Guterres –…

Conflict between parents and their teenage children is occurring in newly-arrived migrant families in Victoria because of social, cultural and financial challenges they and their communities face, new research has found. The research, carried out by Deakin University, found that…

Rapidly increasing migration flows are creating evermore diverse communities but government policy in the west is failing to keep pace, according to a leading academic. Jenny Philimore Professor of Migration and Superdiversity and the Director of the Institute for Research…