Emerging refugee and migrant communities in Australia are being left behind when it comes to resources to tackle the scourge of gender-based violence, a survey of community leaders has found. A focus group of 30 community leaders in 21 key…

For four years Uyen Truong was trapped in her marital home with no access to her own money or friends. The victim of an abusive and controlling relationship, the Vietnamese migrant had no personal agency, and no access to education…

The recent public and media focus on gender violence is an opportunity to forge some meaningful change in promoting the prevention of gender-based violence and better supporting its victims. But when we look at responses to recent health and societal…

With another election looming, there is talk and policy movement around reducing migration. And it’s a safe bet that the rhetoric will be ramped up once the poll date is announced. Questionable narratives, from some commentators, around how migrants take…

This month marks 50 years since the beginning of one 20th Century’s major refugee crises when large numbers of so called ‘boat people’ began to flee Indochina. In May 1974, tens of thousands of people began in large numbers to…

Migrants are more likely to have confidence in Australia’s democracy than native born Australians, a new study has found. The survey, by the Scanlon Foundation’s Research Institute, found 68 per cent of the migrant community felt democracy was working in…

The Australian Human Rights Commission will lead a groundbreaking independent study to better understand and address the dangerous prevalence of racism at universities, after receiving $2.5 million in Commonwealth funding. Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman said the study will be…

Ireland is failing in its international obligation to house asylum seekers, a court in the republic has been told. Ireland’s High Court has heard that there is “overwhelming” evidence that the state is failing in its “clear and undisputed” obligation…

Human mobility has returned to pre-pandemic levels, but climate and environmental events have begun to trigger larger, longer-distance movements, a new study says. The study, titled ‘The State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic’, produced by the…

Refugees who have settled in regional Australia feel welcome and safe, and value the peaceful environment regional communities provide in raising children, according to a new study.  The study also found refugees were finding employment opportunities and affordable housing in…

Football has become part of the fabric of young people’s lives in the sprawling Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, allowing young refugees to showcase their talents and follow their dreams. Young people account for the majority of the 275,000 refugees…

Mass migration is here to stay and the world needs to regularise, make safe and reap the economic benefits of the movement of people. This is the core message from Amy Pope, the head of the United Nations’ migration agency…