Current legal arrangements around refugees are failing hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety and dignity, a leading global migration expert argues,   Legal definitions derived from the 1951 Refugee Convention do not take into account that today many people flee…

Net overseas migration to Australia is plummeting creating serious implications for the nation’s economy, new research claims. ANU Migration Hub researchers Professor Alan Gamlen and Professor Peter McDonald say the negative economic implications of the drop in migration to Australia…

Afghanistan is facing fresh humanitarian crisis as refugees who fled the country are being forced to return to a nation facing food shortages, economic collapse and limited medical services. More than a million Afghan refugees have returned to their motherland…

Supporting vulnerable refugees, advocating for, and building the capacity of grass roots refugee communities is the mission of a new not-for-profit organisation. The RCAA Foundation is a refugee driven organisation that also aims to give refugees with lived experience a…

A migrant’s epic journey through life, love, music, drama and teaching is revealed in a new book. Armenian-Australian Peter Jerijian has traced his life from Lebanon to London and on to Melbourne via South Korea in his memoir ‘Bouncing Back’.…

This week marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide which saw the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims. In July 1995, Bosnian Serb troops overran a United Nations declared “safe area” where thousands of Bosnian Muslims had sought refuge.…

Refugees settling in Australia feel welcomed by Indigenous communities and believe it is important to respect and learn about first nations’ culture, according to a new survey. More than half (63 per cent) of respondents said that they felt welcomed…

Migrants and refugees are taking up Australian citizenship, engaging in educational opportunities, finding employment and opening businesses in large numbers, according to new data. These are the key insights into the economic, education, health, housing, and citizenship outcomes of permanent…

A record $38.2 billion was sent from Australia in overseas remittances last year, according to a new report. This includes remittances of $7.3 billion sent to India and $5.35 billion to China – about a third of all payments by…

A new museum has opened in the Netherlands dedicated to celebrating human migration through art. The Fenix Museum in opened recently in a former warehouse in Rotterdam’s port district. The museum’s inaugural exhibitions are ‘All Directions: Art That Moves You’,…

More innovative investment in human mobility is needed to spur growth and help close the US$4 trillion annual development financing gap, according to the UN’s migration agency IOM. Speaking at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development IOM Director…

More people are set to leave the US that arrive for the first time in 50 years, new research suggests. And economists are warning this could hinder economic growth and fuel inflation. Economists at two Washington think tanks say the…