Gay and lesbian asylum seekers in Germany are being both physically and emotionally abused by fellow refugees due to their sexuality. As more people flee violence in their home countries of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to seek safety in Europe,…

Alternatives to keeping asylum seekers locked up in detention are cheaper, support health and wellbeing, respect and fulfil human rights and strengthen successful case resolution, new research has found. A study by Swinburne University’s Institute for Social Research also found…

A black American has applied to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board in Vancouver to grant him refugee status. Kyle L Canty told Canadian immigration officials that after living in seven different states, he has faced what he describes as harassment…

Australia is the first genuine Eurasian nation, according to journalist and author George Megalogenis. Megalogenis’ new book ‘Australia’s Second Chance: What our history tells us about our future’ charts migration and demographic patterns in Australia and links them to the…

Australia is hurtling toward significant generational change with young adults adopting views of nationhood and society markedly at odds with those of their parents, the foremost survey of Australians’ attitudes and opinions has found. The 2015 Scanlon Monash Social Cohesion…

A new documentary, ‘On the Bride’s Side’, shows the journey of a group of asylum seekers and their friends who dressed up as a fake wedding party in order to smuggle themselves from Milan to Stockholm. The idea, though seemingly…

World leaders must prepare for more diversity as aging societies in the developed world and endemic youth unemployment in the developing world drive demographic trends, according to the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Speaking at a meeting on…

The discovery of fossil human teeth in a cave in southern China is changing our understanding of the early migration of humans out of Africa. The find suggests Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously thought and arrived…

Iranian asylum seeker and martial arts champion, Yasser Zomorrodi, dreams of fighting for Australia. Music: Program: now! by Paradoxiclll

A new interactive map shows inward and outward migrations patterns for most countries in the world. With the continuing migration crisis gripping Syria and Europe, accurate facts and figures have been compromised talk of ‘swarms of people’ and ‘invasions of…

Dramatic differences between how people use a newly learned language can determine how well they are understood, new research has found. University of Bristol (UK) researcher Talia Isaacs led a study which found that the language-related factors that underlie what…

A new survey of Syrian refugees has revealed the reasons behind the exodus from the war-riven nation while casting doubt or assertions that many are ‘economic’ refugees. The Washington Post newspaper surveyed civilians in a UNHCR refugee camp in Turkey…