Australia’s offer of climate change relief to the Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu has been hailed as “ground breaking” by experts and a signpost for future similar deals.   Residents of the low-lying Pacific island nation of Tuvalu will now have…

A British government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the UK’s highest court. The UK’s Supreme Court deemed that people sent to Rwanda would not be safe. The court issued a unanimous judgement saying…

The numbers of refugees making the world’s deadliest migrant journey has hit record levels with 32,000 people arriving in the Canary Islands this year. The figure breaks a 17-year-old record for arrivals in the Spanish archipelago. Recently, four boats carrying…

Actress Cate Blanchett has urged the European Union to adopt a more humanitarian approach to asylum policy. In a speech to the European Parliament the goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR said: “We need to come together to…

A group of Australian universities are set to launch a program to give refugees access to tertiary education. The 12 universities, with support from the federal government, aim to give refugees from conflict zones the opportunity to take up fast-track…

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows Australia is the most diverse nation in the world on a per capita basis. The data shows numbers of overseas-born migrants and refugees in Australia are rising and edging closer…

A recent High Court ruling on immigration detention that paves the way for an end to indefinite detention in Australia has been welcomed by refugee advocates. The High Court has ruled that a Rohingya man from Myanmar has been unlawfully…

The conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened with the number of internally displaced people climbing to almost 7 million – the highest number so far. With ongoing conflict and escalating violence, the…

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis, uncertainty about the economy and growing concerns about global conflicts are eating away at Australia’s much-valued high levels of social cohesion, a new research report has found. The latest iteration of the Mapping Social Cohesion Report, from…

“You wake up each morning not knowing if you will hear good news or bad news – or thinking are you going to be able to get any news at all? “And when I do speak to my family all…

More than 1400 Israeli civilians were killed when the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented brutal assault on Israel on October 7, with hundreds of gunmen infiltrating communities near the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military says more than 200…

Melbourne’s Syrian community holds grave fears for family and friends trapped in the Iraqi city of Erbil. After at first being welcomed and supported by the local population, the mostly Christian Syrians are now being targeted with violent attacks by…